North Carolina - Cumberland County Airports




North Carolina - Cumberland County Airports

Airport Name	At / Near Town	Type	FAA LID	Year Opened	Year Closed	Comments
1) Brock's Airport	Cedar Creek	Private	87NC	2011	-	Per AirNav - activated 8/2011. Owned and operated by Gary Brock.
2) Eastover Air Ranch Airport	Fayetteville, Vander	Private	6NC3	1992	-	Per AirNav - activated 7/1992. Owned and operated by K-Land Corporation.
3) Fayetteville Regional Airport (aka Grannis Field)	Fayetteville	Primary	FAY	1949	-	Per AirNav - activated 5/1949. Owned and operated by the City of Fayetteville.
4) Flyers Airpark	Linden, Godwin, Wade	Private	9NC2	1991	-	Per AirNav - activated 6/1991. Owned and operated by Ronnie Bill.
5) Grays Creek Airport	Fayetteville	Private	2GC	1989	-	Per AirNav - activated 7/1989. Owned and operated by Roger & Cindy Smith.
6) Pope Field	Fayetteville	Military	POB	1919	-	Began as Pope Field, then Pope Army Air Field, then Pope Air Force Base. The War Department officially established Pope Field in 1919 at Camp Bragg, and it ranks as one of the oldest installations in the Air Force. It is named after 1st Lt. Harley Halbert Pope who was killed on January 7, 1919, when the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny he was flying crashed into the Cape Fear River. On March 1, 2011, Pope Air Force Base was absorbed into Fort Bragg, becoming Pope Field once again. Also, owned and operated by the U.S. Army once again.
7) Simmons Army Airfield (at Fort Bragg)	Fayetteville	Military	FBG	1952	-	As part of Exercise Test Drop in August 1952, the 406th Engineer Brigade constructed an airfield in the vicinity of Smith Lake on land acquired by Fort Bragg. The field was originally known as Smith Lake Airfield. In June 1952 the 6th Transportation Company (Helicopter) arrived with 21 Sikorsky H-19C Chickasaw, and two Bell H-13 Sioux helicopters; it deployed to Korea in December 1952 as the first combat helicopter company. Simmons is home to 203 aircraf, which include UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters, AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopters, and CH-47 Chinook Helicopters. Simmons Army Airfield supports combat training and rapid contingency deployments of Fort Bragg’s airborne and special operations communities.
8) Windemere Airport	Fayetteville	Private	47NC	1999	-	Per AirNav - activated 7/1999. Owned and operated by Samuel W. Bowyer.
9) Windsor Farms Airport	Linden	Private	4NC3	2013	-	Per AirNav - activated 8/2013. Owned and operated by Dr. J.K. Garrett.