Kecks Airport
N88 · Julian, North Carolina · Guilford County · map
Kecks Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles northeast of Julian, North Carolina, 724 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 1,400 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA N88
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 724 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1953
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 1,400 × 75 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 05: trees 29 ft high 632 ft from the end
- Runway 23: power line 36 ft high 776 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Julian from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Julian, North Carolina: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 2 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
- Existed prior to FAA act.
- Buildings on northwest edge of runway.
- Power line 780 feet from threshold.
- Agricultural equipment occasionally on runway.
- 4' livestock fence below runway grade across end of each runway
- Airport in traffic pattern of causey airport 2A5 (1 MI northwest) the common traffic frequency: 122.8.
- Runway 5 has 4FT drop off 10FT from end of runway both sides of centerline
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.