Shelby–Cleveland County Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Shelby
ServesShelby, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL847 ft / 258 m
Coordinates35°15′21″N 081°36′03″W / 35.25583°N 81.60083°W / 35.25583; -81.60083
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 7/2/2023)18,200
Based aircraft71

Shelby–Cleveland County Regional Airport (ICAO: KEHO, FAA LID: EHO) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Shelby, in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the City of Shelby and was formerly known as Shelby Municipal Airport.[1] It is home to the Shelby Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, the USAF Civilian Auxiliary.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned EHO by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2] The airport's ICAO location indicator is KEHO.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Shelby–Cleveland County Regional Airport covers an area of 225 acres (91 ha) at an elevation of 847 feet (258 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 2, 2023, the airport had 18,200 aircraft operations, an average of 50 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 65 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, 1 jet, and 1 helicopter.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for EHO PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 28 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Shelby–Cleveland County Regional Airport (FAA: EHO, ICAO: KEHO)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "KEHO – Shelby–Cleveland County Regional Airport". AirNav. Retrieved 15 August 2010.


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