Long Island Airpark
NC26 · Catawba, North Carolina · Catawba County · map
Long Island Airpark is a private airport owned by Long Island Airport Homeowners Asso, 6 miles southeast of Catawba, North Carolina, 864 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NC26
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Long Island Airport Homeowners Asso
- Elevation
- 864 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,000 × 100 ft | Grass | Low-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Statesville Regional (6 nm north), Lincoln County Regional (14 nm southwest), Concord-Padgett Regional (21 nm southeast), Hickory Regional (21 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lake Norman Airpark (5 nm southeast), Statesville Regional (6 nm north), Lincoln County Regional (14 nm southwest), Concord-Padgett Regional (21 nm southeast).
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
- VFR only.
- Activate runway 05/23 low-intensity runway lights 3 clicks on the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 23 pref for landing / runway 05 pref for takeoff due to uphill slp.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Catawba from the FAA register
38 aircraft are registered to owners in Catawba, North Carolina: 34 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 helicopter. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- 14A Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Mooresville, 5 miles away
- Nc 86 Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Mooresville, 5 miles away
- Old Crow Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Mooresville, 5 miles away
- Aero Club of America Nc Chapter LLC 1 aircraft · Troutman, 6 miles away
- Fox Aero Club 1 aircraft · Catawba, 6 miles away
- 1028 Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Statesville, 7 miles away
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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 Catawba 38 aircraft · 34 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 helicopters
- Lrb Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- 14A Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Nc 86 Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Old Crow Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 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 7,125 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NC26.json.
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 26, 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.