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.
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What is the airport code for Jaars-Townsend Airport?
Its FAA code is N52.
Where is Jaars-Townsend Airport?
It is 3 miles south of Waxhaw, North Carolina, 602 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Jaars-Townsend Airport?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,309 feet long, asphalt.
Does Jaars-Townsend Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Jaars-Townsend Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Wings Over Waxhaw Flying Club INC and Aerowood Aviation LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Jaars-Townsend Airport?
11 pilot examiners and 13 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 | |
| Liinn Rnav Star | 125.35 | |
| Majic Rnav Star · Rasln Rnav Star | 126.15 | |
| Jools Rnav Star | 135.6 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field (10 nm southwest), Charlotte/Monroe Executive (11 nm northeast), Rock Hill/York County/Bryant Field (17 nm northwest), Chester Catawba Regional (23 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field (10 nm southwest), Charlotte/Monroe Executive (11 nm northeast), Kirk Air Base (12 nm south), Rock Hill/York County/Bryant Field (17 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in North Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Waxhaw, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Wings Over Waxhaw Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Waxhaw
- Aerowood Aviation LLC 15 aircraft · Monroe, 13 miles away Aerowood Aviation is a flight school and aircraft rental operator based in the Charlotte, North Carolina area with locations in Monroe and Concord.
- Skylane Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Fort Mill, 15 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Waxhaw:
- Charlotte Helicopters INC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Waxhaw:
- Jaars INC JAARS is a mission aviation organization based in Waxhaw, North Carolina that operates special-purpose aircraft, boats and off-road vehicles to transport Bible translators, missionaries and supplies to remote, unreached communities in rainf
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot; 10 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 13 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 9 training center evaluators, 40 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners.
- Brian Lee Mott commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (9 nm) · (610) 698-3557 · [email protected]
- Guenter Trautmann private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Indian Land, SC (9 nm) · (803) 818-0626 · [email protected]
- Timothy Standard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (9 nm) · (706) 836-0442 · [email protected]
- Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · AEROWOOD AVIATION · Monroe, NC (11 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · [email protected]
- Darrin Murphy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rock Hill-York County Airport KUZA · Rock Hill, SC (17 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · [email protected]
- Melissa Curtis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rock Hill-York County Airport · Rock Hill, SC (17 nm) · (757) 435-7865 · [email protected]
- Adam Rosenberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord, NC (32 nm) · (516) 567-4828 · [email protected]
- Craig Varnum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Concord, NC (32 nm) · (704) 724-3655 · [email protected]
All 80 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Waxhaw 83 aircraft · 60 piston singles, 9 turboprops, 6 helicopters
- Jaars INC 16 aircraft in town
- Volair Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Great Lakes Flyer LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Barringer Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Aoa Aviation Service LLC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Charlotte Helicopters INC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Wings Over Waxhaw Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Aerowood Aviation LLC 15 aircraft · flight school
- Skylane Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Jaars INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 304 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Carolina 106 landing places
- North Carolina 7,120 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/N52.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.