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NC03 Darr Field Airport
High Point, North Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: NC03
Lat/Long: 35-54-30.4910N / 079-59-14.1410W
35-54.508183N / 079-59.235683W
35.9084697 / -79.9872614
(estimated)
Elevation: 874 ft. / 266 m (estimated)
Variation: 06W (1985)
From city: 3 miles S of HIGH POINT, NC
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 27263

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 01/1958
Sectional chart: CHARLOTTE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1700
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at GSO (12 nm N): PHONE 336-393-0168
WX AWOS-3 at HBI (16 nm S): 119.275 (336-626-7933)
WX AWOS-3 at EXX (17 nm SW): 119.825 (336-956-2967)
WX ASOS at INT (18 nm NW): PHONE 336-661-3096

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GSOr187/8.3GREENSBORO VORTAC116.2003W
LIBr291/19.1LIBERTY VORTAC113.0003W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CITY LAKE341/13.026608WCQJ -.-. --.- .---
DAVIE097/22.835406WDVZ -.. ...- --..
SILER CITY296/27.037107WTOX - --- -..-
SLAMMER208/30.442307WSIF ... .. ..-.
MOUNT AIRY144/39.022307WAZW .- --.. .--

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 13/31

Dimensions: 2365 x 60 ft. / 721 x 18 m
Surface: turf/gravel, in good condition
OUTER 20' ON EACH SIDE OF RWY IS TURF. CENTER 20' IS SAND & ROCK. FIRST 300' RWY 13 IS ROUGH.
RUNWAY 13  RUNWAY 31
Gradient: 0.3%0.3%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Obstructions: 25 ft. rr, 70 ft. right of centerline45 ft. trees, 80 ft. left of centerline
PLINE +20'; 200 FROM THR; 0 BOTH.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: HIGH POINT TRINITY AIR SERVICE
PO BOX 7163
HIGH POINT, NC 27264
Phone 336-431-9158
Manager: JACOB L. DARR
100 SEALY DR
TRINITY, NC 27370
Phone 336-434-4239

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 35
Single engine airplanes: 34
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 69/week *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 08 April 1991

Additional Remarks

DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at NC03.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KGSO - Piedmont Triad International Airport (12 nm N)
KHBI - Asheboro Regional Airport (16 nm S)
KEXX - Davidson County Airport (17 nm SW)
KINT - Smith Reynolds Airport (18 nm NW)
2A5 - Causey Airport (18 nm E)
 
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Area around NC03 (Darr Field Airport)
 
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From to NC03

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2411:24
Sunrise06:5111:51
Sunset17:1622:16
Evening civil twilight17:4322:43

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Nov-2009 21:52:58
Local (UTC-5)  09-Nov-2009 16:52:58
 
METAR
KGSO 
12nm N 
092054Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/07 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP273 T02060072 58009
KHBI 
16nm S 
092141Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/10 A3036 RMK AO2
KEXX 
17nm SW 
092139Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/11 A3034 RMK AO2
KINT 
17nm NW 
092054Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/08 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP274 T01940083 58012
TAF
KGSO 
12nm N 
091724Z 0918/1018 VRB03KT P6SM BKN250 FM100900 VRB03KT P6SM SCT030 BKN100 TEMPO 1014/1018 5SM -RA BR BKN030
KINT 
17nm NW 
091724Z 0918/1018 VRB03KT P6SM BKN250 FM100900 VRB03KT P6SM SCT030 BKN100 TEMPO 1014/1018 5SM -RA BR BKN030

 
 

Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Darr Field Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Darr Field Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Darr Field Airport

Miles Price ($)
COUNTRY INN SUITES HIGH POINT 1.7 80-81
FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES BY MARRIOTT HIGH POINT/ARCHDALE 1.7 99-100
COMFORT INN ARCHDALE 1.7 85-86
DAYS INN HIGH POINT 1.7 42-63
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES HIGH POINT SOUTH 1.8 80-100
INNKEEPER HIGH POINT 2.0 53-60
KNIGHTS INN HIGH POINT 2.0 44-48
QUALITY INN ARCHDALE 2.8 68-80
ATRIUM INN 3.1 59-79
ECONO LODGE HIGH POINT 3.2 55-56
HOTEL HIGH POINT 3.5 71-79
JH ADAMS INN 4.5 119-120
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT HIGH POINT 5.7 139-140
QUALITY INN N STES THOMASVILLE 5.7 70-100
COUNTRY HEARTH INN THOMASVILLE 5.7 65-80

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Darr Field Airport

3 in Archdale
12 in High Point
4 in Thomasville
4 in Kernersville
61 in Greensboro
6 in Lexington
6 in Asheboro
26 in Winston-Salem
 

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