Elizabeth City Regional Airport Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | US Coast Guard | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Elizabeth City, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 12 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°15′38″N 076°10′28″W / 36.26056°N 76.17444°W | ||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth City Regional Airport (IATA: ECG, ICAO: KECG, FAA LID: ECG) is a joint civil-military public and military use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Elizabeth City, in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States.[1] The airport, on the shore of the Pasquotank River, is also known as Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County Regional Airport or ECG Regional Airport. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
The airport opened in 1972 and is shared with and owned by the U.S. Coast Guard. The military portion of the facility, known as Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City and Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, operates HC-130J Hercules and MH-60T Jayhawk aircraft.