First Flight Airport

First Flight Airport

Infobox Airport
name = First Flight Airport
IATA = FFA
ICAO = KFFA
FAA = FFA
type = Public
operator = National Park Service
city-served = Kill Devil Hills
location = Dare County, North Carolina
elevation-m = 4
elevation-f = 13
website =
r1-number = 2/20
r1-length-m = 914
r1-length-f = 3,000
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 38,120
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 0
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=FFA|use=PU|own=PU|site=16828.95.*A, effective 2007-12-20]

First Flight Airport Airport codes|FFA|KFFA|FFA is a general aviation airport located in Kill Devil Hills, a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The airport itself is famous for being the site of hundreds of pre-flight gliding experiments carried out by the Wright brothers. The Wright Brothers National Memorial, located atop nearby Kill Devil Hills, is a 60-foot granite pylon paying homage to the Wright Brothers and the first sustained heavier-than-air flight.Cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/|title=Wright Brothers National Memorial|accessdate=2006-12-19|publisher=U.S. National Park Service|year=2006] The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission also chose the airport as one of the stops for the National Air Tour 2003.Cite web|url=http://www.centennialofflight.gov/user/news_releases/press-nps3.htm|title=The National Park Service and the National Air Tour 2003 Announce Plans for Stop at Wright Brothers National Memorial|accessdate=2006-12-19|publisher=U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission|year=2003]

History

In 1903 the first successful flight occurred here conducted by the Wright brothers.

See also

* Wright brothers

References

*FAA-airport|ID=FFA|use=PU|own=PU|site=16828.95*A

Notes

External links

*NCDOT Airport Information: PDFlink| [http://www.ncdot.org/transit/aviation/download/ncairports/FirstFlightAirportFFA.pdf First Flight Airport] |273 KiB
* [http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/ U.S. National Park Service: Wright Brothers National Memorial]


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