North Carolina | Business Air News

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Business aviation in North Carolina

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
25

Based business aircraft available for charter:
150

Business air charter brokers:
2

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Citation 560XL	42
2	Hawker 750/800/900	10
3	Citation 560	9
4	Cessna Citation CJ3	8
5	Challenger 300	7
6	Beechjet 400	6
7	Pilatus PC-12	6
8	Cessna Citation CJ2	5
9	Citation Sovereign	4
10	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	4
11	Beechcraft Twin Piston	4
12	Citation Latitude	3
13	Eclipse 500 series	3
14	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	3
15	Pilatus PC-24	3
16	Embraer Phenom 300	3
17	Eurocopter AS355	2
18	Learjet 35/36	2
19	Beechcraft King Air 200	2
20	Bell 206B JetRanger	2
21	Citation X	2
22	MDH 500	2
23	Citation 650	2
24	Beechcraft King Air 90	2
25	Cessna Citation CJ4	2
26	Gulfstream G280	1
27	Beechcraft King Air 300	1
28	Cirrus Vision	1
29	Nextant 400XT	1
30	Beechcraft Premier	1
31	Challenger 605	1
32	Robinson R66	1
33	Gulfstream G500/G600	1
34	Citation M2	1
35	Embraer Phenom 100	1
36	Falcon 2000	1
37	Hawker 1000	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Greensboro (Piedmont Triad)	18 business aviation companies active
2	Charlotte Douglas International	17
3	Raleigh-Durham International	16
4	Concord-Padgett Regional	11
5	Statesville Regional	9
6	Winston Salem (Smith Reynolds)	9
7	Monroe (Charlotte-Monroe Executive)	7
8	Kinston (Regional Jetport)	7
9	Burlington Alamance Regional	6
10	Sanford (Raleigh Executive Jetport)	6
11	Pitt Greenville	5
12	Hickory Regional	5
13	Albemarle (Stanly County)	4
14	Rocky Mount Wilson Regional	4
15	Louisburg (Triangle North Executive)	4
16	Smithfield (Johnston Regional)	4
17	Lexington (Davidson County)	4
18	Gastonia Municipal	4
19	Wilmington International	4
20	Oak Island (Brunswick County)	3
21	Lumberton Regional	3
22	Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional	3
23	Asheboro Regional	3
24	Rutherfordton (Rutherford County/ Marchman Field)	3
25	Shelby-Cleveland County Regional	3
26	Liberty Causey	3
27	Salisbury (Mid-Carolina Regional)	3
28	Pinehurst (Moore County)	3
29	Asheville Regional	3
30	North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County)	2
31	Roxboro (Person County)	2
32	Reidsville (Rockingham County NC Shiloh)	2
33	Andrews (Western Carolina Regional)	2
34	Washington (Warren Field)	2
35	Mount Airy/ Surry County	2
36	Morganton (Foothills Regional)	2
37	Manteo (Dare County Regional)	2
38	Williamston (Martin County)	2
39	Roanoke Rapids (Halifax-Northampton Regional)	2
40	Henderson Oxford	2
41	Goldsboro (Wayne Executive Jetport)	2
42	Elizabethtown (Curtis L Brown Jr Field)	2
43	New Bern (Coastal Carolina Regional)	2
44	Edenton (Northeastern Regional)	2
45	Kenansville (Duplin County)	2
46	Whiteville (Columbus County Municipal)	2
47	Ahoskie (Tri County)	2
48	Wadesboro (Anson County)	2
49	Wallace-Pender	2
50	Engelhard (Hyde County)	2
51	Siler City Municipal	2
52	Jacksonville (Albert J Ellis)	2
53	Fayetteville Regional (Grannis Field)	2
54	Beaufort (Michael J. Smith Field)	2
55	Banner (Elk River)	1
56	Winston-Salem (Robertson Field)	1
57	Clinton Sampson County	1
58	Mooresville Lake Norman Airpark	1
59	Elkin Municipal	0
60	Ocracoke Island	0
61	Mount Olive Municipal	0
62	Wilson Industrial Air Center	0
63	Rockingham Richmond County	0
64	Fayetteville (Pope Field)	0
65	Plymouth Municipal	0
66	Currituck County Regional	0
67	Cherry Point MCAS /Cunningham Field	0
68	Swansboro Bogue Field Mcalf	0
69	Jacksonville New River MCAS /H/ /Mccutcheon Fld/	0
70	Waxhaw Jaars Townsend	0
71	Laurinburg Maxton	0
72	Chapel Hill Horace Williams	0
73	Hatteras Billy Mitchell	0
74	Erwin Harnett Regional Jetport	0
75	Camp Mackall Mackall Army Air Field	0
76	Goldsboro Seymour Johnson Air Force Base	0
77	Jefferson Ashe County	0
78	Kill Devil Hills First Flight	0
79	Fort Bragg Simmons Army Air Field	0
80	Tarboro Edgecombe	0
81	Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station	0
82	Charlotte Wilgrove Air Park	0
83	Spruce Pine Avery County Morrison Field	0
84	Ocean Isle Beach Odell Williamson Municipal	0
85	Raleigh Triple W	0
86	Raeford P K Airpark	0
87	Star Montgomery County	0
88	Southeast Greensboro	0
89	Fayetteville Grays Creek	0
90	Sylva Jackson County	0
91	Franklin Macon County	0
92	Hendersonville	0

Business aviation suppliers in North Carolina

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HondaJet Elite II autothrottle is certified by FAA

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November 1, 2024 Full report