Deer Run Airport
NC56 · Kittrell, North Carolina · Vance County · map
Deer Run Airport is a private airport, 2 miles southwest of Kittrell, North Carolina, 405 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 1,600 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 NC56
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 405 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2006
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 1,600 × 100 ft | Grass |
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: Henderson/Oxford Airport (10 nm north), Triangle North Executive (13 nm southeast), Raleigh-Durham International (25 nm southwest), Raleigh Regional AT Person County (25 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Henderson/Oxford Airport (10 nm north), Triangle North Executive (13 nm southeast), Lake Country Regional (24 nm north), Raleigh-Durham International (25 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use.
- 473 feet tower 2.8 NM southwest, 407 feet tower 1.7 NM east, and 262 feet tower 1.8 NM southeast.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Kittrell from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Kittrell, North Carolina: 5 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, 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:
- Desert Flight Academy INC 2 aircraft · Henderson, 9 miles away
- Flyhnz LLC 3 aircraft · Oxford, 11 miles away flyHNZ is a full-service aviation company at Henderson-Oxford Airport in Oxford, North Carolina, offering FBO services, aircraft maintenance, and flight training.
- Oxford Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Oxford, 11 miles away
- Her Majestys Royal Flying Club 1 aircraft · Louisburg, 15 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 · 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. 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 Kittrell 5 aircraft · 5 piston singles
- Desert Flight Academy INC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Flyhnz LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Oxford Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,762 since 1982 · 305 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/NC56.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.