Stanly County
VUJ · KVUJ · Albemarle, North Carolina · Stanly County · map
Stanly County is a public-use airport owned by Stanly County, 4 miles northeast of Albemarle, North Carolina, 609 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04R/22L, is 5,499 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KVUJ · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,500 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 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 KVUJ 062015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT045 23/11 A3013 RMK AO2 T02260113
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 VUJ · ICAO KVUJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Stanly County
- Elevation
- 609 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1300-2230z++ or by notam.
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, 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 1979
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04R/22L | 5,499 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 04L/22R | 3,501 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04R: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 56 ft high 1,281 ft from the end
- Runway 22L: ILS, PAPI, two lights on the left, gnd 9 ft high 475 ft from the end
- Runway 04L: fence 23 ft high 411 ft from the end
- Runway 22R: trees 34 ft high 937 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.275 | Stanly County |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.75 | Stanly County |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BATTA) · Departure procedure (BEAVY) | 128.325 | Stanly County |
| Kabee and star | 126.15 | Stanly County |
| Vuj and aWOS-3 | 128.175 | |
| Jools and star | 135.6 | Stanly County |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 704-986-2097.
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 Albemarle from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Albemarle, North Carolina: 25 piston singles, 5 drones, 4 piston twins. 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 · 4 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
- 959 feet above sea level lighted tower 1.5NW.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04R and 22L; high-intensity runway lights runway 04R/22L; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04L/22R - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 04R and 22L on drg tower open, other times - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude: helicopter 500 feet (1200 feet above sea level), small FW 1000 feet (1700 above sea level), large/hvy 1500 feet (2200 feet above sea level), ovhd 1500 feet (2200 feet above sea level) or as asgnd by tower.
- 100LL available self service H24 with credit card.
- 10 feet hill 0-200 feet from threshold 200 feet left of centerline.
- Caution: be alert for high speed low level military aircraft in vicinity. Frq night military operates. Frequency assault operations to runway 22R. deer and bird hazard.
- Misc: regional training site (rts) support coord through 145 AW/CE dsn 231-4229.
- Ang: prior permission required only if utilizing ang ramp and the FBO (fixed-base operator) ramp, 235 caos/atm C704-422-2551.
- Heavy parachute jumping North end of runway 22L/R.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) operational hours 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.
- Military fuel - a+ (C704-982-9013, 1300-0000Z++, OT C704-984-3542 or C704-961-8964) (NC-100LL). Fuel available from the FBO (fixed-base operator) 1400-2200Z++, other times prior permission required, C704-982-9013.
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.