Outer Banks Airport
Outer Banks Airport is an airport in Nags Head Township, Dare, North Carolina. Outer Banks Airport is situated nearby to the hamlet Sound Side, as well as near the locality Croatan Shores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Airport
- Description: airport in Dare County, North Carolina, United States of America
- Also known as: “NC88” and “Outer Banks”
Places of Interest
Highlights include USS Huron and Jockey’s Ridge State Park.
USS Huron
Disaster remains
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS Huron was an iron-hulled gunboat of the United States Navy. She was a screw steamer with full-rig auxiliary sail, built by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1875 and commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 November 1875.
Jockey’s Ridge State Park
Park
Photo: Zrudisin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jockey's Ridge State Park is a North Carolina state park in Dare County, North Carolina in the United States. Located in Nags Head, North Carolina, it covers a 427-acre area, and includes the tallest active sand dune system in the eastern United States. Jockey’s Ridge State Park is situated 1½ miles southeast of Outer Banks Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nags Head and Colington.
Nags Head
Photo: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nags Head is a city on the Outer Banks. Legend has it that the names comes from when pirates used to put a lantern around a horse's neck and walk along the beach.
Kill Devil Hills
Kill Devil Hills is a colorfully-named town on the coast of North Carolina. It is part of the Outer Banks, and is best known for its association with the Wright Brothers' historic flights in the first airplane in 1903.
Outer Banks Airport
- Categories: airport, heliport, and transportation
- Location: Nags Head Township, Dare, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Outer Banks Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Romanian—“Outer Banks Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Outer Banks Airport”
- French: “héliport d’Outer Banks”
- French: “Héliport d’Outer Banks”
- French: “NC88”
- Hebrew: “נמל התעופה אאוטר בנקס”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Outer Banks”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sound Side and Croatan Shores.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Outer Banks Mall and Nags Head Woods.
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