# Hickory Regional Airport (HKY)

> Hickory, US · IATA: HKY · ICAO: KHKY · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `HKY` |
| ICAO | `KHKY` |
| City | Hickory |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 363 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 35.74110, -81.38950 |

## Description

Hickory Regional Airport (HKY/KHKY) in North Carolina is a general aviation field with no scheduled service and no cargo handling, working from a runway of about 6,400 feet with an extension to 7,000 feet under consideration. The airport is owned by the City of Hickory; airline service ended in 2005 when Delta Connection dropped the Atlanta link, and business, charter and training flights have carried the field since. The Catawba Valley economy, long built on furniture and now also on fibre-optic and cable manufacturing by companies such as CommScope and Corning, ships by truck along Interstate 40. Air freight for the region clears through Charlotte Douglas (CLT), roughly 90 minutes to the southeast, which offers customs clearance plus international belly and freighter capacity. Piedmont Triad in Greensboro (GSO), a little over two hours east, is the second option, with a FedEx Express regional sorting operation on site. Ocean freight moves through the ports of Wilmington in North Carolina and Charleston in South Carolina, both within a day's trucking. HKY has no customs post, cargo terminal or dangerous-goods acceptance, and the planned runway extension targets larger business aircraft rather than freight operations.

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