Mid-Carolina Regional
RUQ · KRUQ · Salisbury, North Carolina · Rowan County · map
Mid-Carolina Regional is a public-use airport owned by Rowan County, 3 miles southwest of Salisbury, North Carolina, 772 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 99 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 23 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 51,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Mid-Carolina Regional?
Its FAA code is RUQ, and its ICAO code is KRUQ.
Where is Mid-Carolina Regional?
It is 3 miles southwest of Salisbury, North Carolina, 772 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mid-Carolina Regional?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,501 feet long, asphalt.
Does Mid-Carolina Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Mid-Carolina Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Are there flight schools at Mid-Carolina Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Cloud Cappers Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mid-Carolina Regional?
14 pilot examiners and 19 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Mid-Carolina Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RUQ · ICAO KRUQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Rowan County
- Elevation
- 772 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,501 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 126 ft, trees 66 ft high 899 ft from the end
- Runway 20: ILS, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 28 ft high 884 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.35 | |
| Approach and departure · Batta Rnav Dp · Beavy Rnav Dp | 128.325 | |
| Ruq and aWOS-3P | 118.175 | |
| Kabee Rnav Star | 126.15 | |
| Jools Rnav Star | 135.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 704-637-6197.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Davidson County Executive (13 nm northeast), Concord-Padgett Regional (18 nm southwest), Statesville Regional (22 nm west).
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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 20; runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; PAPI runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 self service available for 100LL with credit card.
- Approach ratio 14:1 at displaced due to 64 feet trees 1106 feet from threshold offset 460 L of centerline.
- Addnl obstructions for runway 02; 20 feet building 1100 feet from threshold 100 feet R of centerline.
- Transit military fuel.
- Rmk: arng; ltd prk ramp closed to all traffic except military aircraft with prior permission required. Operates 1200-2030Z++ MON-FRI except holidays.
- Sky diving operations ovr airport; do not overfly airport drg sky diving operations.
- Main terminal apn grass area adjacent to fuel pumps closed to helicopters.
- Be alert for military rotor wing traffic. Rng ramp located west of runway. Frq night operations.
- Contact killdevil operations 10 minimum prior to landing. Rng operations frequency - 40.700, 126.100, 293.000.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 73 |
| multi-engine | 9 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 10 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 51,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 25,000 |
| general aviation, local | 20,000 |
| military | 5,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Salisbury from the FAA register
54 aircraft are registered to owners in Salisbury, North Carolina: 44 piston singles, 3 gliders, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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
Fuel and service companies in Salisbury, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Cloud Cappers Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Salisbury Cloud Cappers Flying Club is a flying club based in Salisbury, North Carolina, operating a Cessna 172 aircraft from Mid Carolina Regional Airport (KRUQ) for members.
Repair stations in Salisbury:
- Carolina Avionics Group, LLC Carolina Avionics & Aircraft Interiors is a repair station based at Mid-Carolina Regional Airport in Salisbury, North Carolina, specializing in custom avionics installations and aircraft interior refurbishments for business jets, turboprops
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
14 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 13 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 19 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 12 engineering representatives, 16 training center evaluators, 43 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners.
- Garland Michael Boone private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lexington, NC (13 nm) · (336) 403-4622 · [email protected]
- Adam Rosenberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord, NC (18 nm) · (516) 567-4828 · [email protected]
- Craig Varnum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Concord, NC (18 nm) · (704) 724-3655 · [email protected]
- Darrin Murphy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport KJQF · Concord, NC (18 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · [email protected]
- Guenter Trautmann private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport (KJQF) · Concord, NC (18 nm) · (803) 818-0626 · [email protected]
- John William Dennis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mooresville, NC (19 nm) · (770) 595-9395 · [email protected]
- Gary Garavaglia private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Statesville, NC (22 nm) · (704) 340-8924 · [email protected]
- Charles Rosenstein private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Stanley, NC (30 nm) · (704) 277-2596 · [email protected]
All 117 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 0 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 Salisbury 54 aircraft · 44 piston singles, 3 gliders, 2 turboprops
- Gold Star Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- Technical and Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Cloud Cappers Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Carolina Avionics Group, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 0 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/RUQ.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.