Cotton Gin Airport
NC36 · Grandy, North Carolina · Currituck County · map
Cotton Gin Airport is a private airport, 2 miles sse of Grandy, North Carolina, 6 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 1,825 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 NC36
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2011
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,825 × 70 ft | Grass, good | |
| 16/34 | 1,030 × 70 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 07: trees 30 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 25: trees 30 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 16: trees 30 ft high 350 ft from the end
- Runway 34: trees 30 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Currituck County Regional (14 nm northwest), Elizabeth City CG Air Station/Rgnl (15 nm west), Dare County Regional (19 nm southeast), Chesapeake Regional (35 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Currituck County Regional (14 nm northwest), Elizabeth City CG Air Station/Rgnl (15 nm west), Dare County Regional (19 nm southeast), Chesapeake Regional (35 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
- Glider act on and in the vicinity of airport
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Grandy from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Grandy, NC as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- 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 7,117 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NC36.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 30, 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.