Stanly County Airport

Stanly County Airport (ICAO: KVUJ, FAA LID: VUJ) is a county-owned, joint civil-military, public-use airport in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of Albemarle, North Carolina.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Stanly County Airport

Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerStanly County
ServesAlbemarle, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL609 ft / 186 m
Coordinates35°25′00″N 080°09′03″W
WebsiteStanlyCountyAirport.com
Map
VUJ
Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4R/22L 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
4L/22R 3,500 1,067 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations22,042
Based aircraft18
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned VUJ by the FAA[1] but has no assignment from the IATA.[3] The airport's ICAO identifier is KVUJ.[4]

Stanly County Air National Guard Station

Stanly County Airport serves as a regional training site for the North Carolina Air National Guard. The 235th Air Traffic Control Squadron (235 ATCS) operates the control tower at the airport. Also located at the airport's Air National Guard Station are the 118th Air Support Operations Squadron (118 ASOS), 156th Weather Flight (156 WF) and the 263d Combat Communications Squadron (263 CCS). Runway 4R/22L was frequently used as an assault strip by the C-130s of the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing (145 AW) based in Charlotte; that unit is now transitioning to the C-17 Globemaster III.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Stanly County Airport covers an area of 800 acres (324 ha) at an elevation of 609 feet (186 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces:4R/22L is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m) and 4L/22R is 3,500 by 75 feet (1,067 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 22, 2011, the airport had 22,042 aircraft operations, an average of 60 per day: 77% general aviation and 23% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine and 11% multi-engine.[1]

Stanly County Airport Albemarle NC front of building
Stanly County Airport from the tarmac

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for VUJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Stanly County Airport (ICAO: KVUJ, FAA: VUJ, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  4. "Stanly County – VUJ (KVUJ)". National Flight Data Center. FAA. Retrieved July 29, 2012. External link in |work= (help)
  5. "Charlotte's 145th Airlift Wing Transitioning to C-17s".
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