Elkin Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KZEF FAA LID: ZEF
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Town of Elkin
Serves	Elkin, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL	1,067 ft / 325 m
Coordinates	36°16′48″N 080°47′10″W / 36.28000°N 80.78611°W / 36.28000; -80.78611
Map
ZEF Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 4,001 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 13,350 Based aircraft 17
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Elkin Municipal Airport (ICAO: KZEF, FAA LID: ZEF) is a public airport in Surry County, North Carolina, United States, three miles northeast of Elkin.^[1] It is owned by the Town of Elkin; the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.^[2]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Elkin is assigned ZEF by the FAA^[1] and has no IATA identifier.^[3][4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KZEF.^[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Elkin Municipal Airport covers 91 acres (37 ha) at an elevation of 1,067 feet (325 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway, 7/25, is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m) asphalt.^[1]

In the year ending July 24, 2009 the airport had 13,350 aircraft operations, average 36 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. 17 aircraft were then based at this airport: 88% single-engine and 12% multi-engine.^[1]