Hickory Regional Airport

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Coordinates: 35°44′28″N 081°23′22″W / 35.74111, -81.38944

Hickory Regional Airport
IATA: HKY – ICAO: KHKY – FAA: HKY
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Hickory
Serves		Hickory, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL		1,189 ft / 362 m
Website		www.ci.hickory.nc.us/airport/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6/24	6,400	1,951	Asphalt
1/19	4,400	1,341	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			40,504
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Hickory Regional Airport (IATA: HKY, ICAO: KHKY, FAA LID: HKY) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Hickory, a city in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the City of Hickory.^[1]

This general aviation airport is not currently served by any commercial airline. From May through November of 2005 it had scheduled commercial service to Atlanta on Delta Connection, operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines.^[2]^[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Hickory Regional Airport covers an area of 739 acres (299 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 measuring 6,400 x 150 ft. (1,951 x 46 m) and 1/19: 4,400 x 150 ft. (1,341 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2007, the airport had 40,504 aircraft operations, an average of 110 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military.^[1]

The airport has recently opened a new building to serve the general aviation community. There are several flight instructors who instruct at the Hickory Regional Airport as well as airplane rental through the fixed base operator (FBO), Profile Aviation. Currently available for rent are 2 Cessna 152s and 2 Cessna 172RGs. Instruction is provided both on an individual basis where the prospective pilot is taught both the knowledge and flight training required by the instructor, and through Caldwell Community College where the knowledge component is taught in a classroom setting.