Moore County
SOP · KSOP · Pinehurst/Southern Pines, North Carolina · Moore County · map
Moore County is a public-use airport owned by the County of Moore, 3 miles north of Pinehurst/Southern Pines, North Carolina, 459 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 6,503 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 89 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 17,454 takeoffs and landings a year. About 128 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Moore County?
Its FAA code is SOP, and its ICAO code is KSOP.
Where is Moore County?
It is 3 miles north of Pinehurst/Southern Pines, North Carolina, 459 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Moore County?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 6,503 feet long, asphalt.
Does Moore County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Moore County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Moore County?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Smyrna, Augusta Regional AT Bush Field, Bradley International, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, Hilton Head. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Moore County?
5 pilot examiners and 9 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 Moore County…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SOP · ICAO KSOP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Moore
- Elevation
- 459 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 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1937
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,503 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 600 ft, 5,502 ft available for landing, trees 67 ft high 2,179 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 400 ft, 5,722 ft available for landing, trees 64 ft high 1,143 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.8 | |
| Sop and aWOS-3PT | 127.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 910-692-4287.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: P K Airpark (16 nm southeast), Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County (25 nm northeast), Laurinburg/Maxton Airport (27 nm south).
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 05; runway end identifier lights runway 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 and 23 opers continuously.
- Unusable beyond 8 degrees left of centerline.
- Approach ratio 33:1 at dthr 74 feet trees.
- Approach ratio 19:1 at dthr 67 feet trees.
- Bird actvty on and in the vicinity of airport APR-OCT.
- Maintenance available.
- Flight training available.
- Fixed wing aircraft operations not authorized from any grass/grass surface.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 16 departures from SOP in those twelve months, carrying 50 passengers in 164 seats (30% filled), to 15 destinations (1 abroad) on 3 airlines.
All 15 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 78 |
| multi-engine | 9 |
| jets | 2 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,454, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,384 |
| general aviation, travelling | 3,958 |
| general aviation, local | 10,976 |
| military | 136 |
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 Pinehurst/Southern Pines from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Pinehurst/Southern Pines, NC as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 9 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 2 parachute rigger examiners.
- Stephen Lynn Henderson instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Moore County Airport · Carthage, NC (7 nm) · (360) 904-9078 · [email protected]
- Jay Lindsey Nabors private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · FBO · Sanford, NC (25 nm) · (919) 740-0299 · [email protected]
- Elayne M Humphrey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Grays Creek Airport · Fayetteville, NC (29 nm) · (910) 224-8312 · [email protected]
- Francesco Gozzo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Morrisville, NC (46 nm) · (919) 426-5494 · [email protected]
- Christopher Marshall Whittle private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Burlington, NC (49 nm) · (336) 264-0943 · [email protected]
All 20 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
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 · 14 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 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 7,120 aircraft registered
- Smyrna (MQY) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Augusta Regional AT Bush Field (AGS) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Bradley International (BDL) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International (FLL) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Hilton Head (HHH) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Hudson Lake (IN6) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Arnold Palmer Regional (LBE) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Morristown Municipal (MMU) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SOP.json.
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 27, 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.