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NC27

Lower Creek Airport
Lenoir, North Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	NC27
Lat/Long:	35-56-40.4700N 081-29-24.3400W 35-56.674500N 081-29.405667W 35.9445750,-81.4900944 (estimated)
Elevation:	1195 ft. / 364.2 m (surveyed)
Variation:	05W (1985)
From city:	3 miles NE of LENOIR, NC
Time zone:	UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	28645

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	06/1959
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ATLANTA CENTER
FSS:	RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:	IREG
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.9
WX AWOS-3P at MRN (10 nm SW):	124.175 (828-757-0788)
WX ASOS at HKY (13 nm S):	118.325 (828-322-2996)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
BZMr297/13.0		BARRETTS MOUNTAIN VOR/DME		113.75		06W

NDB name	Hdg/Dist	Freq	Var	ID
TAWBA	323/13.1	332	06W	HK	.... -.-
FIDDLERS	039/16.6	391	07W	FIQ	..-. .. --.-
HEMLOCK	126/22.7	320	02W	BAR	-... .- .-.

Airport Services

Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 5/23

Dimensions:	3200 x 150 ft. / 975 x 46 m
Surface:	turf
	RUNWAY 5	RUNWAY 23
Traffic pattern:	left	right
Obstructions:	none	30 ft. pline, 400 ft. from runway

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	LENOIR AVIATION CLUB, INC PO BOX 220 LENOIR, NC 28645 Phone 828-754-3849
Manager:	STEVE SHIRK P.O. BOX 220 LENOIR, NC 28645 Phone (828) 919-9158

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC ATLANTA ARTCC AT 770-210-7692.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at NC27.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KMRN - Foothills Regional Airport (10 nm SW)
KHKY - Hickory Regional Airport (13 nm S)
KUKF - Wilkes County Airport (25 nm NE)
KSVH - Statesville Regional Airport (28 nm E)
KGEV - Ashe County Airport (29 nm N)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 18-Jul-2025

	Local (UTC-4)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:55	09:55
Sunrise	06:24	10:24
Sunset	20:40	00:40
Evening civil twilight	21:10	01:10

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	18-Jul-2025 17:06:46
Local (UTC-4)	18-Jul-2025 13:06:46

METAR

KMRN 10nm SW	181700Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM SCT042 SCT055 BKN075 33/22 A3020 RMK AO2 T03310224
KHKY 13nm SE	181653Z VRB05KT 10SM FEW041 SCT055 32/23 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP186 T03170228
KTNB 17nm NW	118.525 828-268-8921 181655Z AUTO 31012G16KT 10SM SCT025 SCT033 BKN060 27/19 A3029 RMK AO2 T02740188

TAF

KHKY
13nm SE

181125Z 1812/1912 VRB03KT P6SM FEW110 SCT250 FM181400 24003KT P6SM SCT050 SCT150 PROB30 1820/1824 4SM TSRA BR BKN040CB FM190000 25003KT P6SM SCT250 FM190900 28003KT 6SM BR SCT025 BKN050

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