Nocarva Airport
NC10 · Macon, North Carolina · Warren County · map
Nocarva Airport is a private airport owned by Nocarva Landowers INC, 6 miles north of Macon, North Carolina, 275 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,900 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NC10
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Nocarva Landowers INC
- Elevation
- 275 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,900 × 100 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 18: pline on the approach
- Runway 36: trees on the approach
Aircraft registered in Macon from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Macon, North Carolina: 2 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 · 1 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
- When winds permits all takeoffs should be made to and all landings made from the south because of steep grade of strip.
- Board of directors Nocarva landowners.
- Frequent mowing operations during summer months
- Terrain elevation drops; lake 150 feet from threshold.
- Has occasional erosion damage on bare areas.
- Runway 36 first 800' has areas of rocks and gravel.
- Numerous obstr in the vicinity of airport and people on runway.
- Runway 18/36 has -4 feet ditch at both thresholds.
- Runway 36 has uphill grade.
- Boats and trailers ocnlly parked on south end runway 18/36.
- Terrain elevation drops at runway 36 end; lake 150 feet from thld.
- For the common traffic frequency use 122.9
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.
