Jaars-Townsend Airport
N52 · Waxhaw, North Carolina · Union County · map
Jaars-Townsend Airport is a public-use airport owned by Jaars INC., 3 miles south of Waxhaw, North Carolina, 602 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,309 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA N52
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Jaars INC.
- Elevation
- 602 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,309 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: trees 50 ft high 342 ft from the end
- Runway 22: threshold displaced 200 ft, trees 59 ft high 301 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.05 | |
| Rasln and star | 126.15 | |
| Jools and star | 135.6 |
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Aircraft registered in Waxhaw from the FAA register
83 aircraft are registered to owners in Waxhaw, North Carolina: 60 piston singles, 9 turboprops, 6 helicopters, 5 business jets, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 04 has 5 feet DROP-OFF 150 feet from threshold, 0 both.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd major holidays.
- Runway 04/22 non-standard low-intensity runway lights. Only three end lights each side of runways and each side of displaced threshold.
- +15 feet windsock pole 132 feet from threshold offset 74 feet left of centerline; and +51 feet trees 0-200 feet from threshold offset 133 feet right of centerline; +51 feet trees 0-200 feet from threshold offset 157 feet left of centerline; and +7 feet fence 0-200 feet from threshold offset 112 feet right and offset 120 feet left of centerline.
- 84 feet trees 0-200 feet from threshold offset 133 feet right; 65 feet trees 0-200 feet from threshold offset 107 feet left.
- Markings smaller than standard due to pvmt width.
- Markings smaller than standard due to pvmt width.
- Approach slope 5:1 to displaced threshold.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 04/22 20 feet down slope between ends.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.