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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100 octane avgas; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Foothills Regional (8 nm northeast), Hickory Regional (17 nm east), Avery County/Morrison Field (18 nm northwest), Rutherford County/Marchman Field (21 nm southwest).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Morganton from the FAA register
38 aircraft are registered to owners in Morganton, North Carolina: 34 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, 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
Repair stations in Morganton:
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 · 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. 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 Morganton 38 aircraft · 34 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 helicopters
- Marine Investments LLP 2 aircraft in town
- Vx Aerospace Corporation · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,762 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 7,123 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NC52.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 November 10, 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.