Ocracoke Island Airport
W95 · Ocracoke, North Carolina · Hyde County · map
Ocracoke Island Airport is a public-use airport owned by the National Park Service, 1 mile east of Ocracoke, North Carolina, 4 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 2,998 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W95
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- National Park Service
- Elevation
- 4 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1969
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,998 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| H1 | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 06: brush 5 ft high 226 ft from the end
- Runway 24: brush 9 ft high 226 ft from the end
- Runway H1: trees 15 ft high 151 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.75 |
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Aircraft registered in Ocracoke from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Ocracoke, North Carolina: 4 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 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 helicopter beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport closed 30 minimum after sunset until 30 minimum before sunrise.
- Activate helicopter perimeter lts only - the common traffic frequency.
- Windsock for helicopter lighted.
- Natl parks service NR answered 7 days a week between 0800 to 1700.
- Best approach from northeast or southwest.
- 5 feet brush 0-200 feet from threshold 81 feet R of centerline; 5 feet brush 50-200 feet from threshold 145 feet L of centerline.
- 12 feet scrub trees 155 feet from threshold 94 feet R of centerline; 10 feet scrub trees 0-200 feet from threshold 74 feet L of centerline.
- Approach slope for northeast helicopter approach is 13:1 due to 12 feet brush 162 feet from helicopter offset 31 feet L; and approach slope for southwest helicopter approach is 10:1 due to 15 feet trees 151 feet from helicopter offset 0 feet both sides.
- High speed low level military operations in the vicinity of of airport.
- Flocks of seagulls on and near runway around standing water after hvy rains.
- Runway safety area is loose sand; not suitable for aircraft.
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.