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Kinston Regional Jetport

Kinston Regional Jetport
Stallings Field
Kinston Regional Jetport - North Carolina.jpg
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner North Carolina Global TransPark Authority
Serves Kinston, Goldsboro, Ayden, Grifton, and Eastern NC communities
Location Kinston, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL 94 ft / 28.7 m
Coordinates 35°19′53″N 77°36′32″W / 35.33139°N 77.60889°W / 35.33139; -77.60889Coordinates: 35°19′53″N 77°36′32″W / 35.33139°N 77.60889°W / 35.33139; -77.60889
Website www.ncgtp.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 11,500 3,505 Asphalt

Kinston Regional Jetport (IATA: ISOICAO: KISOFAA LID: ISO), also known as Stallings Field, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Kinston, a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, USA. The airport has a single runway that is one of the longest in the southeastern United States. It is mostly used for general aviation. The airport is used by charters for college teams traveling to and from East Carolina University in nearby Greenville for athletic events due to Greenville's short runways.

The Kinston Regional Jetport features free parking as well as free wireless Internet access in its terminal. The terminal also houses several businesses, including Philbros Gift and Coffee Shop as well as Robert Franchise Transportation, a commercial transportation service. Rental car agencies are located in the terminal.

One of the central features of the Kinston Regional Jetport is the Global TransPark (GTP), an industrial park adjoining the airport. It was built to bring high-tech industry and economic development to eastern North Carolina.

Spirit AeroSystems will be manufacturing parts of the new Airbus A350 at its new Kinston facility at GTP.

Kinston Jetport originally was built in 1944 by the United States Navy. It opened in October as a United States Marine Corps flying training airfield known as Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Kinston, being an auxiliary to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Naval Aviation Cadets received V-5 flight training along with basic flying indoctrination at the airfield until the facility was closed on 31 October 1945.


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