📍 Banner Elk⬆ 3,468 ft1 runways
NC06 ·
Elk River Airport
36.16040°N
-81.89680°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼
20.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▼
14.3%
Elk River Airport (NC06) is a small general aviation airport located in Banner Elk, NC, 88 mi north west of Charlotte. It features 1 runway measuring 4,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KTRI, 36 mi away (NC06 does not publish METAR)
Temp
60°F
Wind
3 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
12/30
4,600 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
12
71% of ops
17 land · 2 TO
30
29% of ops
7 land · 8 TO
Runway 12 carries 71% of operations (17 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 29%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
12
17 landings
UA 6%
30
7 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 12 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 17 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
1.8
flights/day · 54 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
81%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| UNICOM | 122.975 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZTL
- Elevation:
- 3,468 ft
- Mag var:
- 5° W
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