Northeastern Regional Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Town of Edenton | ||||||||||
Serves | Edenton, North Carolina | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°01′40″N 076°34′02″W / 36.02778°N 76.56722°WCoordinates: 36°01′40″N 076°34′02″W / 36.02778°N 76.56722°W | ||||||||||
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Location of airport in North Carolina | |||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 14,000 |
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Based aircraft | 21 |
Northeastern Regional Airport (IATA: EDE, ICAO: KEDE, FAA LID: EDE) is a public use airport in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the town of Edenton and located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of its central business district. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
The airport was originally constructed during World War II by the United States Navy as Marine Corps Air Station Edenton. In this role, it hosted Marine Operational Training Group 81 (MOTG-81) and its subordinate squadrons. MOTG-81 trained pilots, aircrewmen and ground crews on the land-based PBJ-1 medium bomber, a U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps variant of the U.S. Army Air Forces' B-25 Mitchell bomber that was operated by Marine bombing squadrons, primarily in the Pacific theater.