Wheat Field Airport (56NC)

Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective	2013-12-12
Airport Identifier	56NC
Airport Status	Operational
Longitude/Latitude	082-01-55.0000W/35-12-24.0000N -82.031944/35.206667 (Estimated)
Elevation	960 ft / 292.61 m (Estimated)
From nearest city	12 nautical miles E of Tryon, NC
Location	Polk County, NC
Magnetic Variation	06W (2000)

Owner & Manager

Ownership	Privately owned
Owner	Jim & Kathe Wheaton
Address	P.o. Box 1536 Tryon, NC 28782
Phone number	828-863-2222
Manager	Jim & Kathe Wheaton
Address	P.o. Box 1536 Tryon, NC 28782
Phone number	828-863-2222

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use	Private
Segmented Circle	No
Control Tower	No
Sectional chart	Atlanta
Region	ASO - Southern
Boundary ARTCC	ZTL - Atlanta
Tie-in FSS	RDU - Raleigh
FSS Toll Free	1-800-WX-BRIEF

Runway Information

Runway 09/27

Dimensions	1500 x 80 ft (457 x 24 m)
Surface	TURF

	09	27
Traffic pattern	Left	Left

Radio Navigation Aids

ID	Type	Name	Ch	Freq	Var	Dist
MRN	FAN MARKER	Lenoir		0.00	03W	40.6 nm
RFE	NDB	Rutherford		344.00	05W	9.4 nm
FRT	NDB	Fairmont		248.00	05W	18.4 nm
SLP	NDB	First River		417.00	06W	21.4 nm
BRA	NDB	Broad River		379.00	04W	21.9 nm
FIQ	NDB	Fiddlers		391.00	07W	35.0 nm
UOT	NDB	Union County		326.00	04W	36.8 nm
GY	NDB	Dyana		338.00	03W	37.0 nm
LQK	NDB	Lake Keowee		408.00	04W	40.7 nm
LUX	NDB	Laurens		307.00	04W	42.2 nm
GHJ	NDB	Stonia		260.00	06W	43.0 nm
DCM	NDB	Chester		220.00	06W	48.1 nm
HK	NDB	Tawba		332.00	06W	49.8 nm
SPA	VORTAC	Spartanburg	104X	115.70	02W	11.6 nm
SUG	VORTAC	Sugarloaf Mountain	059X	112.20	02W	16.7 nm
HKY	VOT	Hickory Regional		110.00		44.9 nm

Remarks

• RCMD ACFT TKOF TO THE WEST, LND FROM THE WEST DUE TO TREES TO EAST.
• PRVDD VFR, PVT USE.