Anson County Airport

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Anson County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KAFP – FAA: AFP
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Anson County
Location		Wadesboro, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL		300 ft / 91 m
Coordinates		35°01′14″N 080°04′38″W / 35.02056, -80.07722
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
16/34	5,498	1,676	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			7,200
Based aircraft			32
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Anson County Airport (ICAO: KAFP, FAA LID: AFP) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Wadesboro, a town in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by Anson County.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Anson County Airport is assigned AFP by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Anson County Airport covers an area of 286 acres (116 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring 5,498 x 100 ft. (1,676 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending August 3, 2005, the airport had 7,200 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 90% general aviation, 7% air taxi and 3% military. There are 32 aircraft based at this airport: 66% single engine, 25% ultralight, 6% multi-engine and 3% gliders.^[1]