North Carolina | Business Air News

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Business aviation in North Carolina

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
21

Based business aircraft available for charter:
141

Business air charter brokers:
2

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Citation 560XL	35
2	Citation 560	16
3	Cessna Citation CJ3	9
4	Pilatus PC-12	6
5	Challenger 300	6
6	Citation X	6
7	Hawker 750/800/900	5
8	Beechjet 400	5
9	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	5
10	Cessna Citation CJ2	5
11	Beechcraft Twin Piston	4
12	Citation Sovereign	4
13	Bell 206B JetRanger	3
14	Eclipse 500 series	3
15	Citation Latitude	3
16	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	3
17	Boeing B-737	2
18	Beechcraft King Air 300	2
19	Beechcraft King Air 200	2
20	Learjet 35/36	2
21	Nextant 400XT	2
22	Eurocopter AS355	2
23	MDH 500	2
24	Citation 650	2
25	Cessna Citation CJ4	1
26	Beechcraft Premier	1
27	Challenger 605	1
28	Learjet 60	1
29	Beechcraft King Air 90	1
30	Embraer Phenom 100	1
31	Hawker 1000	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Greensboro (Piedmont Triad)	19 business aviation companies active
2	Charlotte Douglas International	16
3	Raleigh-Durham International	13
4	Concord-Padgett Regional	9
5	Winston Salem (Smith Reynolds)	9
6	Statesville Regional	8
7	Monroe (Charlotte-Monroe Executive)	7
8	Kinston (Regional Jetport)	7
9	Sanford (Raleigh Executive Jetport)	6
10	Pitt Greenville	5
11	Burlington Alamance Regional	5
12	Albemarle (Stanly County)	4
13	Rocky Mount Wilson Regional	4
14	Louisburg (Triangle North Executive)	4
15	Smithfield (Johnston Regional)	4
16	Hickory Regional	4
17	Lexington (Davidson County)	4
18	Gastonia Municipal	4
19	Wilmington International	4
20	Oak Island (Brunswick County)	3
21	Lumberton Regional	3
22	Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional	3
23	Asheboro Regional	3
24	Shelby-Cleveland County Regional	3
25	Liberty Causey	3
26	Salisbury (Mid-Carolina Regional)	3
27	Pinehurst (Moore County)	3
28	Asheville Regional	3
29	North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County)	2
30	Roxboro (Person County)	2
31	Reidsville (Rockingham County NC Shiloh)	2
32	Andrews (Western Carolina Regional)	2
33	Washington (Warren Field)	2
34	Mount Airy/ Surry County	2
35	Morganton (Foothills Regional)	2
36	Manteo (Dare County Regional)	2
37	Williamston (Martin County)	2
38	Roanoke Rapids (Halifax-Northampton Regional)	2
39	Henderson Oxford	2
40	Goldsboro (Wayne Executive Jetport)	2
41	Elizabethtown (Curtis L Brown Jr Field)	2
42	New Bern (Coastal Carolina Regional)	2
43	Edenton (Northeastern Regional)	2
44	Kenansville (Duplin County)	2
45	Whiteville (Columbus County Municipal)	2
46	Ahoskie (Tri County)	2
47	Wadesboro (Anson County)	2
48	Engelhard (Hyde County)	2
49	Siler City Municipal	2
50	Jacksonville (Albert J Ellis)	2
51	Fayetteville Regional (Grannis Field)	2
52	Beaufort (Michael J. Smith Field)	2
53	Rutherfordton (Rutherford Co Marchman Field)	1
54	Clinton Sampson County	1
55	Mooresville Lake Norman Airpark	1
56	Elkin Municipal	0
57	Ocracoke Island	0
58	Mount Olive Municipal	0
59	Wilson Industrial Air Center	0
60	Rockingham Richmond County	0
61	Fayetteville (Pope Field)	0
62	Plymouth Municipal	0
63	Currituck County Regional	0
64	Cherry Point MCAS /Cunningham Field	0
65	Swansboro Bogue Field Mcalf	0
66	Jacksonville New River MCAS /H/ /Mccutcheon Fld/	0
67	Waxhaw Jaars Townsend	0
68	Laurinburg Maxton	0
69	Chapel Hill Horace Williams	0
70	Hatteras Billy Mitchell	0
71	Erwin Harnett Regional Jetport	0
72	Camp Mackall Mackall Army Air Field	0
73	Goldsboro Seymour Johnson Air Force Base	0
74	Jefferson Ashe County	0
75	Kill Devil Hills First Flight	0
76	Fort Bragg Simmons Army Air Field	0
77	Tarboro Edgecombe	0
78	Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station	0
79	Wallace Henderson Field	0
80	Charlotte Wilgrove Air Park	0
81	Spruce Pine Avery County Morrison Field	0
82	Ocean Isle Beach Odell Williamson Municipal	0
83	Raleigh Triple W	0
84	Raeford P K Airpark	0
85	Star Montgomery County	0
86	Southeast Greensboro	0
87	Fayetteville Grays Creek	0
88	Sylva Jackson County	0
89	Franklin Macon County	0
90	Hendersonville	0

Business aviation suppliers in North Carolina

Maintenance 28 • Completions 1 • Training 2

MRO veteran Creech named SVP for flyExclusive

flyExclusive has heavily invested in its MRO operation, bringing maintenance in house. Charlie Creech will lead operations at its facility at the Global TransPark in Kinston, North Carolina.

January 27, 2024 Full report

IADA chairman Phil Winters, vice president, aircraft sales and charter management at Western Aircraft.

Pre-owned business aircraft market stable in 2023

IADA dealers closed 1,422 pre-owned transactions in 2023 compared to 1,399 in 2022. They expect mid-size and larger jet pricing to fall and inventories to rise over the next six months. Supply chains remain problematic.

January 27, 2024 Full report

Volato grows HondaJet fleet to 24

Volato has taken delivery of eight HondaJets during 2023, and expects a further 10 during 2024. The recent deliveries allow the company to expand capacity to support a growing customer base.

January 3, 2024 Full report

flyExclusive and EG Acquisition Corp close combination

The combined company is named flyExclusive and common stock began trading at the end of December on the NYSE American under ticker symbol FLYX. The price followed a downward trajectory.

January 3, 2024 Full report

In a world where access is everything, now Jetcraft clients have it.

Jetcraft goes 'Beyond the Globe' with VR hangar

Jetcraft's virtual hangar gives visitors access to a range of aircraft in a 360° immersive experience. In a busy world, virtual spaces allow customers to view aircraft wherever and whenever suits them.

December 11, 2023 Full report