Approximately 7 miles south of the R‐5314H Restricted Area with an
operating floor of 500 ft.
Approximately 7 miles west of the Pamlico B MOA with an intermittent
operating floor of 8,000 ft. MSL.
First Flight Airport
First Flight Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile west of the
central business district of the Town of Kill Devil Hills in Dare County. The
airport is owned by the U.S. National Park Service. It is categorized it as a
general aviation facility. In 2015, the airport had 37,500 aircraft operations,
consisting of 99 percent general aviation and one percent military.
The First Flight Airport is proximate to the following military airspaces:
Within the VR‐085 MTR with an operating floor of 500 ft. AGL.
Approximately 3 miles west of the Navy Atlantic Test Area Warning
Area W‐72 with an operating floor of surface.
Lee Creek Airport
Lee Creek Airport is a privately used airport located five miles north of
Aurora, North Carolina in Beaufort County. The asphalt runway, designated
8/26, is 5,070 by 75 feet. A concern was raised during the JLUS process
regarding general aviation and commercial airspace becoming more
restricted in the area around Lee Creek Airport.
Lee Creek Airport is proximate to the following military airspaces:
Approximately 4 miles east of the VR‐1046 MTR with an operating
floor of 500 ft. AGL.
Approximately 6 miles east of the VR‐084 MTR with an operating floor
of 100 ft. AGL.
Approximately 6 miles north of the IR‐012 MTR with an operating floor
of 500 ft. AGL.
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Billy Mitchell Airport
Billy Mitchell Airport is a public use airport located four nautical miles east of
the central business district of the unincorporated community of Hatteras, in
Dare County. The airport is located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore
and is owned by the National Park Service. Billy Mitchell Airport covers an
area of 100 acres and has one asphalt runway, designated 7/25, measuring
3,000 by 75 feet.
Bill Mitchell Airport is proximate to the following military airspaces:
Approximately 7 miles south of VR‐073 MTR with an operating floor of
100 ft. AGL.
Within the Pamlico B MOA with a minimum altitude of 8,000 ft. above
sea level.
Ocracoke Island Airport
Ocracoke Island Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile east
of the central business district of Ocracoke, a town on Ocracoke Island in
Hyde County. It located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, owned by
US National Park Service, and operated by the North Carolina Department of
Transportation. Ocracoke Island Airport covers an area of 50 acres and has
one asphalt runway, designated 6/24, with a surface measuring 2,999 by 60
feet. It also has one helipad designated H1 with a concrete surface measuring
100 by 100 feet.
Ocracoke Island Airport is proximate to the following military airspaces:
Approximately 8 miles west of VR‐071 MTR with an operating floor of
100 ft. AGL.
Within the Pamlico B MOA with a minimum altitude of 8,000 ft. above
sea level.
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