Anson County Airport | |
Icao: | KAFP |
Faa: | AFP |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Anson County |
Location: | Wadesboro, North Carolina |
Elevation-F: | 300 |
Elevation-M: | 91 |
Coordinates: | 35.0206°N -80.0772°W |
R1-Number: | 16/34 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,498 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,676 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2023 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 5/29/2023) |
Stat1-Data: | 6,515 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 26 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Anson County Airport is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Wadesboro, a town in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by Anson County.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Anson County Airport is assigned AFP by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
Anson County Airport covers an area of 433acres which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring 5,498 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending May 29, 2023, the airport had 6,515 aircraft operations, an average of 125 per week: 99% general aviation, and <1% military. There was at that time 26 aircraft based at this airport: 21 single engine, and 5 helicopter.
The Anson County Airport was originally equipped with a runway only 3464feet. long. In 2006, a new 5500feet. runway was completed, in addition to a new 2400square feet. terminal building and several new hangars. Future plans for the airport include the addition of a new Instrument Landing System.