Hinton Field
NC72 · Princeton, North Carolina · Johnston County · map
Hinton Field is a private airport, 1 mile south of Princeton, North Carolina, 152 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NC72
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 152 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- beacon see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1989
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,000 × 35 ft | Grass |
- Runway 23: road 12 ft high 20 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Princeton from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Princeton, North Carolina: 4 piston singles, 2 drones. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR/pvt use; and extreme ctn is used because of numerous power lines and LOW-LEVEL military training routes in immediate vicinity.
- Send all mail to the amgr.
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.