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Airport type
  
Public

8/26
  
5,500

1,676
  
Asphalt

Elevation
  
517 m

Serves
  
Elevation AMSL
  
1,697 ft / 517 m

5,500
  
1,676

Aircraft operations
  
20,500

Phone
  
+1 828-321-5111

Address
  
Nantahala National Forest, 5840 Airport Rd, Andrews, NC 28901, USA

Similar
  
Smoky Mountain Aero‑And, Andrews - NC, Murphy - NC, Blairsville Airport, Macon County Airport

Landing at western carolina regional airport rhp


Western Carolina Regional Airport (ICAO: KRHP, FAA LID: RHP) is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Andrews, in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. It was formerly known as Andrews-Murphy Airport.

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Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RHP by the FAA and has no assignment from the IATA (which assigned RHP to Ramechhap, Nepal). The airport's ICAO identifier is KRHP.

Facilities and aircraft

Western Carolina Regional Airport covers an area of 206 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 1,697 feet (517 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 8, 2008, the airport had 20,500 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 73 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single-engine, 27% multi-engine and 8% helicopter.

References

Western Carolina Regional Airport Wikipedia


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