Billy Mitchell Airport (IATA: HNC, ICAO: KHSE, FAA LID: HSE) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) east of the central business district of Hatteras, in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.[1] The airport is located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and is owned by the National Park Service.[1] 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.[2]
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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 | ||||||||||
Website | BillyMitchellAirport.com | ||||||||||
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HSE Location of airport in North Carolina / United States HSE HSE (the United States) | |||||||||||
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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[1] and HNC by the IATA.[3] The airport's ICAO identifier is KHSE.[4]
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).[1]
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.[1]