Anson County Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KAFP FAA LID: AFP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Anson County
Location	Wadesboro, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL	300 ft / 91 m
Coordinates	35°01′14″N 080°04′38″W / 35.02056°N 80.07722°W / 35.02056; -80.07722
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 5,498 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 5/29/2023) 6,515 Based aircraft 26
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Anson County Airport (ICAO: KAFP, FAA LID: AFP) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Wadesboro, a town in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by Anson County.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Anson County Airport is assigned AFP by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Anson County Airport covers an area of 433 acres (175 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring 5,498 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 29, 2023, the airport had 6,515 aircraft operations, an average of 125 per week: 99% general aviation, and <1% military. There was at that time 26 aircraft based at this airport: 21 single engine, and 5 helicopter.^[1]

History

The Anson County Airport was originally equipped with a runway only 3,464 ft (1,056 m). long. In 2006, a new 5,500 ft (1,700 m). runway was completed, in addition to a new 2,400 sq ft (220 m²). terminal building and several new hangars. Future plans for the airport include the addition of a new Instrument Landing System.