Elkin Municipal
ZEF · KZEF · Elkin, North Carolina · Surry County · map
Elkin Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Elkin, 3 miles northeast of Elkin, North Carolina, 1,067 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ZEF · ICAO KZEF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Elkin
- Elevation
- 1,067 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 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
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 26 ft high 394 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 50 ft high 331 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Hickory and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.15 |
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Aircraft registered in Elkin from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Elkin, North Carolina: 11 piston singles, 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 · 4 since 1982, 2 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 runway end identifier lights runway 07 and 25; PAPI runway 07 and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Minimum altitude 500 feet above ground level base turn to final runway 25.
- 24 hour self service with credit card.
- 56 feet trees 171 feet from threshold offset 228 feet right of centerline.
- Unusable 7 degrees left and right of rcl.
- Unusable 9 degrees right of rcl.
- Runway 07 safety area has 80+ feet DROP-OFF at end and 90 feet both sides of centerline.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 25 has an uphill grade.
- Runway 25 has up to 100+ feet DROP-OFF first 600 feet and 90 feet both sides of centerline.
- Runway 25 has unmarked power lines 800 feet from threshold both sides of centerline.
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.