Foothills Regional Airport

Foothills Regional Airport (formerly Morganton-Lenoir Airport) (IATA: MRN, ICAO: KMRN, FAA LID: MRN) is a public airport located nine miles south of the City of Lenoir, NC, and eight miles northeast of the City of Morganton, NC. It is owned by the Foothills Regional Airport Authority.[1]

Foothills Regional Airport
IATA: MRN ICAO: KMRN FAA LID: MRN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Foothills Regional Airport Authority
Serves	Morganton, North Carolina, US Lenoir, North Carolina, US
Elevation AMSL	1,270 ft / 387 m
Coordinates	35°49′13″N 081°36′41″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3/21 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 17,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities and Aircraft

The Foothills Regional Airport covers an area of 1,170 acres (473 ha) and contains one grooved asphalt paved runway: 3/21 measuring 5,500 ft × 75 ft (1,676 m × 23 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2005, the airport had 17,000 aircraft operations, an average of 46 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. There were 73 aircraft based on the field at that time.[1]

References

1. FAA Airport Master Record for MRN (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2005-08-31