Hiatt Airport
N97 · Thomasville, North Carolina · Davidson County · map
Hiatt Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Thomasville, North Carolina, 855 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 2,500 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Hiatt Airport?
Its FAA code is N97.
Where is Hiatt Airport?
It is 3 miles southwest of Thomasville, North Carolina, 855 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Hiatt Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 01/19, is 2,500 feet long.
Does Hiatt Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Hiatt Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Hiatt Airport?
11 pilot examiners and 14 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 N97
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 855 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 12:00 pm to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1959
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,500 × 75 ft | Grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 1,160 × 50 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 01: trees 44 ft high 36 ft from the end
- Runway 19: tri-color on the left, trees 79 ft high 216 ft from the end
- Runway 09: trees 70 ft high 276 ft from the end
- Runway 27: trees 74 ft high 20 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Davidson County Executive (10 nm west), Asheboro Regional (15 nm southeast), Piedmont Triad International (18 nm northeast), Smith Reynolds Airport (19 nm north).
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
- Runway 19 pref for ldng uphill; runway and thresholds marked with yellow cones.
- Low-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; and tril runway 19 - on timer. Runway 01/19 - non-standard end lights.
- Used primly for ultralights. Runway 27 uphill. Marked with yellow cones. No line of sight between runway ends.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Runways 01/19 and 09/27 VFR use only.
- Be alert for nmrs trees in the approach.
- Aircraft mnt 122.9.
- Runway 19 has 75 feet DROP-OFF 50 feet from end both sides of centerline.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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 Thomasville from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Thomasville, North Carolina: 29 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 business jets, 1 piston twin. 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, 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
Charter operators and airlines based in Thomasville:
- Blue Star Properties LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate
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, 6 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 14 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 10 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 12 engineering representatives, 16 training center evaluators, 3 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners.
- Garland Michael Boone private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lexington, NC (10 nm) · (336) 403-4622 · [email protected]
- Doris Gatewood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Signature FBO · Greensboro, NC (18 nm) · (540) 522-6115 · [email protected]
- Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · SIGNATURE AVIATION · Greensboro, NC (18 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · [email protected]
- Christopher Marshall Whittle private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Burlington, NC (34 nm) · (336) 264-0943 · [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 (40 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 (40 nm) · (704) 724-3655 · [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 · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport KJQF · Concord, NC (40 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · [email protected]
- Guenter Trautmann private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport (KJQF) · Concord, NC (40 nm) · (803) 818-0626 · [email protected]
All 72 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).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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 · 4 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 Thomasville 35 aircraft · 29 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 business jets
- Blue Star Properties LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 303 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/N97.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.