Silver Creek Airport
NC52 · Morganton, North Carolina · Burke County · map
Silver Creek Airport is a private airport owned by Silver Creek Aviation INC., 3 miles west of Morganton, North Carolina, 1,020 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 3,600 feet of grass. It has fuel (100 octane avgas).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NC52
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Silver Creek Aviation INC.
- Elevation
- 1,020 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,600 × 200 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Morganton from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Morganton, North Carolina: 35 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
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.