North Carolina | Business Air News

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Business aviation in North Carolina

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Based business air charter operators:
29

Based business aircraft available for charter:
188

Business air charter brokers:
1

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Citation 560XL	44
2	Citation X	28
3	Hawker 750/800/900	10
4	Citation 560	9
5	Challenger 300	8
6	Pilatus PC-12	8
7	Cessna Citation CJ3	7
8	Beechjet 400	6
9	Beechcraft Twin Piston	5
10	Citation Latitude	4
11	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	4
12	Embraer Phenom 300	3
13	Bell 206B JetRanger	3
14	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	3
15	Citation Sovereign	3
16	Eclipse 500 series	3
17	Pilatus PC-24	3
18	Beechcraft King Air 90	2
19	Eurocopter AS355	2
20	MDH 500	2
21	Cirrus Vision Jet	2
22	Cessna Citation CJ4	2
23	HondaJet	2
24	Beechcraft King Air 200	2
25	Gulfstream G280	2
26	Nextant 400XT	2
27	Citation 650	2
28	Beechcraft King Air 300	2
29	Falcon 7X	1
30	Beechcraft Premier	1
31	Learjet 35/36	1
32	Gulfstream GIV	1
33	Citation M2	1
34	Learjet 31	1
35	Gulfstream G500/G600	1
36	Falcon 2000	1
37	Robinson R66	1
38	Embraer Phenom 100	1
39	Challenger 605	1
40	Falcon 900	1
41	Embraer Legacy 600/650	1
42	Cessna Citation CJ2	1
43	Gulfstream G500/G550	1

Major business aviation airports:

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

Business aviation suppliers in North Carolina

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