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KSOP Moore County Airport
Pinehurst/Southern Pines, North Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 NOVEMBER 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: SOP
Lat/Long: 35-14-15.4000N / 079-23-19.6650W
35-14.256667N / 079-23.327750W
35.2376111 / -79.3887958
(estimated)
Elevation: 455 ft. / 139 m (estimated)
Variation: 08W (2000)
From city: 3 miles N of central business district of the associated city
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Savings Time)
Zip code: 28327

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 09/1937
Sectional chart: CHARLOTTE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: WASHINGTON CENTER
FSS: RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: SOP (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: DEC-FEB 0600-2200, MAR-NOV 0600-2200
AFTER 1900 CTC PHONE NUMBER POSTED ON GA ENTRYWAY.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT HIRL RY 05/23, REIL RY 23 & TWY LGTS - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Fire and rescue: ARFF index A
Airline operations: PPR FOR UNSKED ACR OPNS WITH MORE THAN 30 PSGR SEATS; CALL AMGR 910-692-3212.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.05
WX AWOS-3: 127.575 (910-692-4287)
FAYETTEVILLE APPROACH: 127.8
FAYETTEVILLE DEPARTURE: 127.8
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 127.0

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
SDZr085/9.9SANDHILLS VORTAC111.8003W
FAYr305/29.4FAYETTEVILLE VOR/DME108.8004W
LIBr165/36.1LIBERTY VORTAC113.0003W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MACKALL027/13.427806WHFF .... ..-. ..-.
POPE279/21.333807WPOB .--. --- -...
ROSCOE040/27.537507WRCZ .-. -.-. --..
FORT BRAGG289/28.939307WFGP ..-. --. .--.
SILER CITY180/31.637107WTOX - --- -..-
ANSON COUNTY076/36.428307WAFP .- ..-. .--.
HARNETT259/36.941708WHQT .... --.- -
CITY LAKE149/37.026608WCQJ -.-. --.- .---
CHERAW046/37.940908WCQW -.-. --.- .--

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: HIGH
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 5/23

Dimensions: 5503 x 150 ft. / 1677 x 46 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Double wheel: 58.0
Runway edge lights: high intensity
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Latitude: 35-13.943000N35-14.570333N
Longitude: 079-23.727000W079-22.928500W
Elevation: 455.5 ft.431.3 ft.
Gradient: 0.4%0.4%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 054 magnetic, 046 true234 magnetic, 226 true
Markings: precision, in good conditionprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Approach lights: MALS: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system
Runway end identifier lights: yes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: ILS
Obstructions: 14 ft. road, 850 ft. from runway, 220 ft. left of centerline, 46:1 slope to clear20 ft. tree, 700 ft. from runway, 500 ft. left of centerline, 25:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: COUNTY OF MOORE
P O BOX 905
CARTHAGE, NC 28327
Phone 910-692-3212
Manager: GARY BARNUM
7865 NC HWY 22
CARTHAGE, NC 28327
Phone 910-692-3212

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 76
Single engine airplanes: 60
Multi engine airplanes: 12
Jet airplanes: 3
Helicopters: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 68/day *
57% transient general aviation
32% local general aviation
6% military
3% air taxi
1% commercial
* for 12-month period ending 31 March 2008

Additional Remarks

NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES IN EFFECT EXCEPT IN EMERG. HELICOPTERS USE RY 14/32 IN VFR CONDS. AVOID OVERFLY OF RESIDENTIAL AREA NE OF ARPT. MULTI ENGINE ACFT DEPARTING RWY 05 OR 23 MAINTAIN HEADING UNTIL REACHING 1500 FT MSL BEFORE TURNING.
BIRD ACTVTY ON & INVOF ARPT APR-OCT.
12 HR PPR FOR JET OPNS CONDUCTED 2300-0600, CTC AMGR 910-692-3212.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 20 November 2008 at 0901Z and 18 December 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS RWY 05   download (247KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 23   download (205KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KHFF - Mackall Army Airfield (13 nm SW)
5W4 - P K Airpark (16 nm SE)
KPOB - Pope Air Force Base (19 nm E)
KFBG - Simmons Army Airfield (23 nm E)
KTTA - Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport (25 nm NE)
 
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Area around KSOP (Moore County Airport)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KSOP (Moore County Airport)
Taken mid August 2008
on short final for runway 23

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From to KSOP

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 01-Dec-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4211:42
Sunrise07:1012:10
Sunset17:0422:04
Evening civil twilight17:3222:32

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  02-Dec-2008 00:25:04
Local (UTC-5)  01-Dec-2008 19:25:04
 
METAR
KSOP 012355Z AUTO 24014G19KT 10SM CLR 06/ A2996 RMK AO1 10090 20060 401500050 52030
KHFF 
14nm S 
012355Z 23011KT 10SM FEW050 07/M04 A2999 RMK SLP158 60003 51033
KPOB 
19nm E 
012355Z AUTO 25018G22KT 10SM CLR 07/M03 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP150 T00721026 10106 20072 51031 $
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Moore County Airport 910-692-3212
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Jet A 
$4.34 
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Aviation Businesses, Services, and Facilities

 Business Name   Contact   Services / Description Comments
Boggs Avionics, Inc. 910-246-2644
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[email]
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Moore County Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Moore County Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into KSOP have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
HAMPTON STE SOUTHERN PINEHURST 8.0 119-149
DAYS INN SOUTHERN PINES 4.7 59-70
HOMEWOOD SUITES OLMSTED VILLAGE/PINEHURST 5.7 119-120
DI CONF CNTR SOUTHERN PINES 3.6 81-90
COMFORT INN PINEHURST 4.6 79-100
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT SOUTHERN PINES/PINEHURST NC 4.7 129-130
 

Other hotels near Moore County Airport

Miles Price ($)
PINE NEEDLES LODGE AND GOLF CL 3.0 210-270
MID PINES INN AND GOLF CLUB 3.0 210-270
SPRINGHILL SUITES BY MARRIOTT PINEHURST 4.6 99-100
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES SOUTHERN PINES 5.2 
BEST WESTERN PINEHURST INN 5.5 72-80
PINEHURST RESORT 5.6 125-1436

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 Moore County Airport

8 in Southern Pines
4 in Pinehurst
2 in Aberdeen
1 in Pinebluff
 

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