Western Carolina Regional
RHP · KRHP · Andrews, North Carolina · Cherokee County · map
Western Carolina Regional is a public-use airport owned by Cherokee County, 2 miles west of Andrews, North Carolina, 1,699 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KRHP · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (230°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRHP 062015Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM CLR 25/12 A3006 RMK AO2 T02510124
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RHP · ICAO KRHP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Cherokee County
- Elevation
- 1,699 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 215 ft, rr 20 ft high 216 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 66 ft high 1,114 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Rhp and aWOS-3P | 119.675 | |
| Mount Oglethorpe Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 828-321-1049.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Andrews from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Andrews, North Carolina: 10 piston singles, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 3 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Located 0.5 MI north of west end of runway 08/26, out of service.
- Low flying military jet aircraft overfly airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 operates sunset to sunrise; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency. Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 08 and 26 oper continuously, otr times - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd thanksgiving, christmas and new years day.
- Fuel available 24 hour with credit card.
- Has 5 feet crops 0-200 feet from end offset 150 feet rite of centerline and 2 feet brush 189 feet from end offset 65 feet L of centerline.
- 3 feet berm 20 feet from thld offset 81 feet rite of centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degrees L and beyond 7 degrees right of centerline due to trrn.
- PAPI unusable beyond 6 degrees right of centerline due to trrn; unusable beyond 2.5 NM from threshold due to trrn.
- Approach ratio 19:1 at displaced thld due to railroad.
- 4-5 feet ditch 75 feet from runway centerline on both sides.
- Runway 08 railroad 390 feet rite of centerline 260 feet from thld.
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.