Airport type Public 5/23 5,002 1,525 Asphalt Elevation 258 m Owner Shelby City Hall | Elevation AMSL 847 ft / 258 m 5,002 1,525 Aircraft operations 18,200 Phone +1 704-487-1161 Serves Shelby | |
Address 830 College Ave, Shelby, NC 28152, USA | ||
Shelby–Cleveland County Regional Airport (ICAO: KEHO, FAA LID: EHO) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Shelby, in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the City of Shelby and was formerly known as Shelby Municipal Airport. It is home to the Shelby Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, the USAF Civilian Auxiliary.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned EHO by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. The airport's ICAO location indicator is KEHO.
Facilities and aircraft
Shelby–Cleveland County Regional Airport covers an area of 225 acres (91 ha) at an elevation of 847 feet (258 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending August 6, 2008, the airport had 18,200 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 13% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.