🇺🇸 Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings Field

The Kinston Regional Jetport at Stallings Field (KISO/ISO) is a public airport located three miles northwest of Kinston, North Carolina,,. It is open to the public and features an airport traffic control tower.

Notable Features and History:

• Long Runway: The airport boasts an 11,498 ft. x 150 ft. asphalt runway, which is one of the longest runways east of the Mississippi River and in the southeastern United States,,.
• Military History: Originally built in 1944 by the U.S. Navy as Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Kinston, it later reopened as Stallings Air Base by the USAF Air Training Command during the Cold War.
• Global TransPark: A central feature of the jetport is the North Carolina Global TransPark (GTP), an industrial park designed to attract high-tech industry and economic development to eastern North Carolina,.
• Military Use Agreement: The airport has a 25-year agreement with the United States Department of Defense for runway use for training and is designated as an alternate point of aerial embarkation/debarkation for the U.S. Marine Corps.
• ILS: It is equipped with a CAT I instrument landing system (ILS).

Current Status: The airport is operational, with an active construction notice. The control tower is manned from 06:30 to 22:00,. It primarily serves general aviation, military operations, and cargo operations,. Fuel (100LL, A) is available,.

*Sources researched: nfdc.faa.gov, ncgtp.com, airnav.com, skyvector.com, en.wikipedia.org*