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).
Weather right now KRUQ · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 49°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KRUQ 062015Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 21/10 A3010 RMK AO2 T02130097
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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 35 ft high 814 ft from the end
- Runway 20: ILS, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 23 ft high 231 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.35 | |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BATTA) · Departure procedure (BEAVY) | 128.325 | |
| Ruq and aWOS-3P | 118.175 | |
| Kabee and star | 126.15 | |
| Jools and star | 135.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 704-637-6197.
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 Salisbury from the FAA register
56 aircraft are registered to owners in Salisbury, North Carolina: 46 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
- 15 feet trees 0-200 feet from threshold offset 325 feet left of centerline.
- Approach ratio 22:1 at displaced due to 41 feet trees 1123 feet from threshold offset 418 left 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 apron 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.
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.