Statesville Regional Airport

[1][2] Statesville airport features a single 7,003-foot asphalt runway and a parallel taxiway.

[2] Statesville Regional Airport is known for being home to several aircraft hangars owned by NASCAR teams.

The crews of notable NASCAR drivers including Dale Earnhardt Sr., Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman, Brad Keselowski, Greg Biffle, and Martin Truex Jr. have owned hangars at the airport.

[1][3] The Lowe's company owns a 40,000-square foot hangar at Statesville that it built in 2004 after moving its headquarters from North Wilkesboro to Mooresville.

Dale Earnhardt Sr. was the first NASCAR driver to build a hangar at Statesville airport, where he operated a small private carrier called Champion Air to provide flights for him and his team on a fleet of three Embraer ERJ-145 ERs.