Foothills Regional Airport (formerly Morganton-Lenior Airport) is a public airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located six miles northeast of the City of Morganton, NC

Morganton, North Carolina

Morganton is a city in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. Reader's Digest included Morganton in its list of top ten places to raise a family. The town was recently profiled in The 50 Best Small Southern Towns. The population was 17,310 at the 2000 census...

. It is owned by the Foothills Regional Airport Authority.

Facilities and Aircraft

The Foothills Regional Airport covers an area of 1,170 acres (473 ha) which 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.

FBO Operations

Speedbird Aviation Services, LLC provided FBO Services until October 30, 2008 when it ceased operations due to strained relations with the Foothills Regional Airport Authority. Since the closure of Speedbird aircraft operations at the airport has significantly declined.FBO Services are now provided directly by the Foothills Regional Airport Authority.