North Carolina - Orange County Airports




North Carolina - Orange County Airports

Airport Name	At / Near Town	Type	FAA LID	Year Opened	Year Closed	Comments
1) Horace Williams Airport, was Chapel Hill Airport, was Martindale Field	Chapel Hill	Defunct	-	1942, 1940, 1928	2018, 1942, 1940	Originally known as Martindale Field for Chapel Hill contractor Lee Martindale and one of the first airfields in North Carolina. Then renamed "Chapel Hill Airport" and offered pilot training and air shows. The airport was purchased by the university in 1940 and renamed for Prof. Horace Williams, who donated much of the land needed to expand the airport. The 1946 USGS topo map depicted Horace Williams Airport as having three unpaved runways, with three small buildings on the southeast side. The airport was closed May 15, 2018 to make way for a solar energy project.
2) Larry F. Warren Field Airport	Efland, Hillsborough	Private	29NC	2014	-	Per AirNav - activated 9/2014. Owned and operated by LFW Properties, LLC.
3) Miles Airport	Eubanks	Private	NC34	1988	-	Per AirNav - activated 11/1988. Owned and operated by Michael G. Miles.
4) Womble Field Airport	Chapel Hill	Private	3NC9	1985	-	Per AirNav - activated 3/1985. Owned and operated by Warren G. Womble.