Davidson County Airport
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Davidson County Executive Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Davidson County Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lexington, North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 733 ft / 223 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°46′52″N 080°18′14″W / 35.78111°N 80.30389°W | ||||||||||
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  EXX Location of airport in North Carolina | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2012) | |||||||||||
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Davidson County Executive Airport (ICAO: KEXX, FAA LID: EXX) is a public use airport in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is owned by the Davidson County Airport Authority and located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Lexington, North Carolina.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EXX by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]
Davidson County Executive Airport covers an area of 330 acres (133 ha) at an elevation of 733 feet (223 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,004 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2015, the airport had 19,000 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per day: 89% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 6% military. At that time there were 75 aircraft based at this airport: 66% single-engine, 20% multi-engine, 8% jet, and 6% helicopter.[1]
The Davidson County Executive Airport offers complete aircraft maintenance from the onfield maintenance provider, https://skyaviationholdings.com/aircraft-maintenance/.
Incidents
On October 23, 2011, a Cozy MK IV aircraft crashed on approach to the airport, resulting in the death of the pilot and an injury to the passenger.[5][6]
On June 25, 2018, a Stearman Biplane flipped on landing coming to rest upside down on the runway, resulting in minor injuries to both the pilot and a child passenger.[7]
