Duplin County Airport

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Duplin County Airport
IATA: none - ICAO: KDPL - FAA: DPL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Duplin County
Serves		Kenansville, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL		137 ft (41.8 m)
Coordinates		35°00′00″N, 77°58′54″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
5/23	6,002	1,829	Asphalt

Duplin County Airport (ICAO: KDPL, FAA LID: DPL) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of Kenansville, a town in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA. This general aviation airport covers 138 acres (56 ha) and has one runway.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Duplin County Airport is assigned DPL^[1] by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned DPL to Dipolog Airport in Dipolog City, Philippines^[2]). The airport's ICAO identifier is KDPL.^[3]

[edit] History

Duplin County Airport opened December 16, 1964 when a University of North Carolina Medical School airplane landed on the runway.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Duplin County Airport (official page)
• NCDOT Airport Information: Duplin County Airport PDF (276 KiB)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KDPL
  • ASN accident history for DPL
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KDPL