Bradford Field (North Carolina)
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner | W. O. & Cecil D. Bradford | ||||||||||
| Location | Huntersville, North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 649 ft / 198 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°24′32″N 080°47′39″W / 35.40889°N 80.79417°W | ||||||||||
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Bradford Field (FAA LID: NC05) is a private-use airport located three miles (4.8 km) east of the central business district of Huntersville, a town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. It is privately owned by W. O. & Cecil D. Bradford.[1] It was opened in the late 1960s by the Bradford brothers at the request of a few private aircraft owners in the town of Huntersville. The original turf airport in Huntersville was little more than a fenced-in cow pasture located at one end of the Meacham farm south of Huntersville. A minor aircraft accident involving a Piper J-3 "Cub" and the subsequent FAA investigation led to the closing of Meacham field, and the forced relocation of the two aircraft hangared there.
Bradford Field initially operated with only two aircraft a Beechcraft Staggerwing biplane and the repaired Piper J-3 involved in the Meacham Field accident. There were no hangars, or refueling facilities. In the early 1970 a single row of aircraft hangars were added as well as a refueling station and a small 30x30 foot concrete building. The building housed a small lounge, restrooms and an office.
The airport continued to expand and by the late seventies had two rows of hangars and had close to 35 aircraft.
Facilities and aircraft[edit]
Bradford Field has one runway (6/24) with a turf surface measuring 3,850 ft × 150 ft (1,173 m × 46 m). For a 12-month period (date unknown), the airport had 9,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day. There are 64 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for NC05 PDF, effective 2007-10-25
External links[edit]
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for NC05
- AirNav airport information for NC05
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for NC05
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