First Flight Airport
First Flight Airport (IATA: FFA, ICAO: KFFA, FAA LID: FFA) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of the central business district of Kill Devil Hills, a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The airport is owned by the U.S. National Park Service. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
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First Flight Airport from 1000 feet | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | U.S. National Park Service | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Location | Wright Brothers National Memorial | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°01′06″N 075°40′17″W | ||||||||||
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The airport itself is famous for being the site of hundreds of pre-flight gliding experiments carried out by the Wright brothers. The Wright Brothers National Memorial, located atop nearby Kill Devil Hill, is a 60-foot granite pylon paying homage to the Wright Brothers and the first sustained heavier-than-air flight. The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission also chose the airport as one of the stops for the National Air Tour 2003.