KMRN Foothills Regional Airport
Morganton, NC · 6 miles NE of MORGANTON, NC
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KMRN
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1269.9 ft
- Coordinates
- 35-49-12.8000N 081-36-41.1000W
- Lat / Long
- 35.8202222, -81.6114167
- Mag. variation
- 07W (2005)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 12/1945
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- MRN (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- MON-SAT 0800-1700, ALL SUN 0900-1700
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT REILS RWY 03 & 21; PAPI RWY 03 & 21; MIRL RWY 03/21 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KMRN
Runways
Longest 5500 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5500 x 75 ft. / 1676 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Double wheel 60.0
Runway 3
- Heading
- 031 magnetic, 024 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- LOCALIZER
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1230.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- 19 ft. trees, 729 ft. from runway, 210 ft. left of centerline, 27:1 slope to clear
Runway 21
- Heading
- 211 magnetic, 204 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1269.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- 26 ft. trees, 458 ft. from runway, 243 ft. right of centerline, 9:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 3
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.7
- Wx Awos-3p
- 124.175 (828-757-0788)
- Instrument Approach
- LOCALIZER
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A1+ 100LL:AFTER HOURS FUEL OR SERVICE CALL 828-757-0099
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A1+ 100LL:AFTER HOURS FUEL OR SERVICE CALL 828-757-0099
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.