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North Air Force Auxiliary Field

A WWII airfield, now used by the Charlestown Air Force Base, located 85 miles to the south. The 1,400-acre site has a fire station, and a few support structures, and is used as a supply drop zone for training purposes. It is also used by special operations as a training site. The Air Force holds practice cargo drops over the base. Planes, such as the C-17 fly from Charleston to North for training runs.

FAA Identifier: XNO
Lat/Long: 33-37-00.5500N / 081-04-59.3460W
33-37.009167N / 081-04.989100W
33.6168194 / -81.0831517

Elevation: 321 ft. / 98 m (estimated)
Variation: 05W (1985)
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 29112

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Auxiliary_Airfield
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Coordinates:   33°36'35"N   81°4'55"W
This article was last modified 4 years ago