Coastal Carolina Regional Airport

Coastal Carolina Regional Airport
USGS 2006 orthophoto
IATA: EWN ICAO: KEWN FAA LID: EWN
Summary
Owner	Craven County
Serves	Outer Banks, Crystal Coast
Location	New Bern, North Carolina
Opened	1931 (93 years ago) (1931)
Elevation AMSL	18 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	35°04′23″N 077°02′35″W / 35.07306°N 77.04306°W / 35.07306; -77.04306
Website	www.flyewn.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 6,453 1,967 Asphalt 14/32 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2019) 47,313 Based aircraft (2017) 85 Total passengers served (12 months ending Feb. 2019) 250,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (IATA: EWN, ICAO: KEWN, FAA LID: EWN) is a commercial airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of New Bern, a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. EWN covers 785 acres (318 ha) of land.^[1]

Coastal Carolina Regional Airport is the closest commercial airport to North Carolina's Outer Banks and Crystal Coast. The airport is the main connection to such Crystal Coast destinations as Cape Lookout National Seashore, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the Outer Banks, Crystal Coast, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, various seasonal camps including Camp Sea Gull/Seafarer and Camp Don Lee, and Emerald Isle, North Carolina.

On July 10, 2008 the North Carolina General Assembly ratified a bill that allowed Craven County Regional Airport to change its name to Coastal Carolina Regional Airport. The name change became effective on August 15, 2008.^[2]

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.^[3]