Horace Williams Airport
Horace Williams Airport was a public use airport located one nautical mile north of the central business district of Chapel Hill, a city in Orange County, North Carolina, United States.Photo: Specious, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Airport
- Description: airport in North Carolina, United States of America
- Also known as: “IGX” and “KIGX”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and Ackland Art Museum.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
Museum
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a unit of the university, Morehead receives about one-third of its funding through state sources, one-third through ticket and gift sales, and one-third through gifts and grants. Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is situated 1½ miles south of Horace Williams Airport.
Ackland Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ackland Art Museum is a museum and academic unit of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was founded through the bequest of William Hayes Ackland to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ackland Art Museum is situated 1½ miles south of Horace Williams Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrboro and Collins Crossing.
Carrboro
Town
Carrboro is a town in Orange County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 21,295 at the 2020 census. The town, which is part of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill combined statistical area, was named after North Carolina industrialist Julian S. Carrboro is situated 2 miles southwest of Horace Williams Airport.
Collins Crossing
Neighborhood
Formerly Abby Court, and previously Old Well, is a complex of over 300 residences in North Carolina. Formerly advertised as a complex of “condominiums,” however only a few units, 63 to be exact, are still privately owned. Collins Crossing is situated 2½ miles southwest of Horace Williams Airport.
Southern Village
Suburb
Southern Village is a 312-acre of retail, office, and civic space. Southern Village was the top selling neighborhood in the Triangle market from 1999 to 2001. Southern Village is situated 3½ miles south of Horace Williams Airport.
Horace Williams Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Horace Williams Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horace Williams Airport”
- French: “aérodrome de Horace Williams”
- French: “Aérodrome de Horace Williams”
- French: “IGX”
- German: “Horace Williams Airport”
- German: “IGX”
- Indonesian: “IGX”
- Indonesian: “KIGX”
- Persian: “فرودگاه هریس ویلیامز”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Horace Williams”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ҳарес велеёмз”
- Urdu: “ہورہیس ولیمز ایئرپورٹ”
- Urdu: “ہورہیس ولیمز ہوائی اڈا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Elkins Hills and Colonial Heights.
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Highlights include Iron Mine Hill and Carolina North Forest.
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