Cox Airport
NC81 · Apex, North Carolina · Wake County · map
Cox Airport is a private airport, 1 mile north of Apex, North Carolina, 455 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,450 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL 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 NC81
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 455 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1979
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,450 × 75 ft | Grass |
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Raleigh-Durham International (8 nm northeast), Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County (16 nm southwest), Harnett Regional Jetport (23 nm south), Johnston Regional (26 nm southeast).
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
- Operations ltd to VFR weather; pvt use; NR of aircraft auzd to use airport must not exceed 19; aircraft traffic pattern is estabd on the south side of runway and runway centerline extndd. 2-WAY radio coms estabd with raleigh approach control prior to entering raleigh control zone. WZ for control zone can be obtained from raleigh ATIS.
- (E111-3) raleigh pmsn required when ceiling rptrd less than 1000' and visibility less than 3 miles.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Apex from the FAA register
68 aircraft are registered to owners in Apex, North Carolina: 52 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 6 business jets, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Gods Chosen Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Apex, 2 miles away
- Flightgest Academy LLC 14 aircraft · Morrisville, 6 miles away FlightGest Academy is a flight school based at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina that has trained pilots for over 25 years.
- Harrier Soaring Club INC 2 aircraft · Raleigh, 13 miles away
- Must Dash Rides Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Raleigh, 13 miles away
- Nc Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Raleigh, 13 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 · 3 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 Apex 68 aircraft · 52 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 6 business jets
- Total Flight Aircraft Leasing LLC 14 aircraft in town
- Tita Enterprises LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Shelton Aviation II LLC 2 aircraft in town
- N357Kg LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Gods Chosen Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Flightgest Academy LLC 14 aircraft · flight school
- Harrier Soaring Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 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/NC81.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 9, 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.