Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport
W03 · Wilson, North Carolina · Wilson County · map
Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wilson, 3 miles north of Wilson, North Carolina, 160 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 4,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W03
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wilson
- Elevation
- 160 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- 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-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1943
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 4,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 4,499 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| 09/27 | 4,498 × 150 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 03: trees 15 ft high 522 ft from the end
- Runway 21: trees 13 ft high 271 ft from the end
- Runway 15: trees 34 ft high 362 ft from the end
- Runway 33: trees 44 ft high 328 ft from the end
- Runway 09: trees 38 ft high 530 ft from the end
- Runway 27: trees 43 ft high 464 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| New Bern Center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.85 |
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Aircraft registered in Wilson from the FAA register
40 aircraft are registered to owners in Wilson, North Carolina: 31 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 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.
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 · 1 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
- No LINE-OF-SIGHT between runway ends.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 03/21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Due to 28 feet trees 0-200 feet from end and offset 136 feet right of centerline.
- Due to 32 feet trees 0-200 feet from end and offset 169 feet left of centerline.
- Due to 20 feet building 5 feet from end and offset 243 feet right of centerline.
- Runway 03/21 out of service indef.
- Due to line under runway NR and lctn from end.
- Due to line under runway NR and lctn from end.
- Rough surface due to excessive crack sealant.
- L and T and block cracking, fod, failed sealant.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.