Western Carolina Regional Airport
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IATA: none – ICAO: KRHP – FAA LID: RHP | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Cherokee County | ||||||||||
Serves | Andrews, North Carolina | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,697 ft / 517 m | ||||||||||
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Western Carolina Regional Airport (ICAO: KRHP, FAA LID: RHP) is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Andrews, in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It was formerly known as Andrews-Murphy Airport.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RHP by the FAA and has no assignment from the IATA[3] (which assigned RHP to Ramechhap, Nepal[4]). The airport's ICAO identifier is KRHP.[5]
Facilities and aircraft
Western Carolina Regional Airport covers an area of 206 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 1,697 feet (517 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 8, 2008, the airport had 20,500 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 73 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single-engine, 27% multi-engine and 8% helicopter.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for RHP (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
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External links
- Western Carolina Regional Airport at Cherokee County web site
- Western Carolina Regional Airport - RHP PDF at North Carolina DOT airport guide
- FAA Terminal Procedures for RHP, effective June 13, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RHP
- AirNav airport information for KRHP
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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