Odell Williamson Municipal Airport

Odell Williamson Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 60J), formerly known as Ocean Isle Airport, is a public use general aviation airport serving the resort town of Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The airport is located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Ocean Isle Beach and 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Shallotte.^[1]

Odell Williamson Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 60J
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Town of Ocean Isle Beach
Location	Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
Opened	April 1971
Elevation AMSL	32 ft / 10 m
Coordinates	33°54′33.5″N 78°26′4.8″W
Map
60J Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 4,198 1,280 Asphalt

Facilities and operations

Odell Williamson Municipal Airport is owned by the Town of Ocean Isle Beach. It features one paved asphalt runway, designated 6/24. It is 4,198 ft (1,280 m) x 75 ft (23 m) in length.^[2] The facility does not have any hangars, but does offer tie-downs at a monthly or yearly rate.^[3]

In 2022, the airport had 15 based aircraft and 20,500 annual aircraft operations.^[3]

History

The airport was opened in April 1971 as Ocean Isle Airport.^[2] Its current name is in honor of Odell Williamson (1919–2010), a prominent politician from Brunswick County who served in the NC House of Representatives from 1946 to 1968 and later became the wealthiest man in Brunswick County, owning most of the land on Ocean Isle Beach and contributing heavily to the development of infrastructure in the county.^[4]

In 2018, the airport received a $1.2 million grant from the NC Department of Transportation for land acquisition, utilities, and the preliminary engineering of an expanded runway protection zone.^[5]

See also

• List of airports in North Carolina