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Airport in Hatteras, North Carolina, United States For the airport located in Wisconsin also named after Billy Mitchell, see Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.

Billy Mitchell Airport

Airport terminal, May 2009

IATA: HNC
ICAO: KHSE
FAA LID: HSE

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

National Park Service

Serves

Hatteras, North Carolina

Location

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Elevation AMSL

16 ft / 5 m

Coordinates

35°13′58″N 075°37′04″W / 35.23278°N 75.61778°W / 35.23278; -75.61778

Website

BillyMitchellAirport.com

Map

HNC/KHSE/HSELocation of airport in North Carolina / United StatesShow map of North Carolina

HNC/KHSE/HSEHNC/KHSE/HSE (the United States)Show map of the United States

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
7/25	3,002	915	Asphalt

Statistics (2022)

Aircraft operations (year ending 9/2/2022)	9,200

Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Billy Mitchell Airport (IATA: HNC, ICAO: KHSE, FAA LID: HSE) is a public use airport located 4 nmi (4.6 mi; 7.4 km) east of the central business district of Hatteras, in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The airport is located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and is owned by the National Park Service. It is named after United States Army Air Service General Billy Mitchell, and is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Billy Mitchell Airport is assigned HSE by the FAA and HNC by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KHSE.

Facilities and aircraft

Billy Mitchell Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 16 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,002 by 75 feet (915 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 2, 2022, the airport had 9,200 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 97% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military.

References

^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for HSE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 28, 2023.
"2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
"Billy Mitchell Airport (ICAO: KHSE, FAA: HSE, IATA: HNC)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
"Billy Mitchell – HSE (KHSE)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 10, 2012.

External links

Billy Mitchell Airport
"Billy Mitchell Airport (HSE)" (PDF). at North Carolina DOT airport guide
Aerial image as of March 1993 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for HSE, effective December 26, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for HSE
- AirNav airport information for KHSE
- ASN accident history for HNC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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