Billy Mitchell Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Hatteras, North Carolina, United States}}

{{For|the airport located in Wisconsin also named after Billy Mitchell|Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Billy Mitchell Airport

| image = Billy_Mitchell_Airport_Terminal.jpg

| caption = Airport terminal, May 2009

| IATA = HNC

| ICAO = KHSE

| FAA = HSE

| type = Public

| owner = National Park Service

| operator =

| city-served = Hatteras, North Carolina

| location = Cape Hatteras National Seashore

| elevation-f = 16

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120530095817/http://www.billymitchellairport.com/ BillyMitchellAirport.com]

| coordinates = {{coord|35|13|58|N|075|37|04|W|region:US-NC_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = USA North Carolina#USA

| pushpin_relief = yes

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in North Carolina / United States

| pushpin_label = HNC/KHSE/HSE

| pushpin_label_position = left

| r1-number = 7/25

| r1-length-f = 3,002

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2022

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 9/2/2022)

| stat1-data = 9,200

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=HSE|use=PU|own=PU|site=16770.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 28, 2023.

}}

Billy Mitchell Airport {{airport codes|HNC|KHSE|HSE}} is a public use airport located {{convert|4|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}} east of the central business district of Hatteras, in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The airport is located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and is owned by the National Park Service. It is named after United States Army Air Service General Billy Mitchell, and is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf|title=2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A |format=PDF, 2.03 MB |work=National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|date=October 4, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf|archivedate=2012-09-27 }}

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Billy Mitchell Airport is assigned HSE by the FAA and HNC by the IATA.{{cite web| url = http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KHSE| title = Billy Mitchell Airport (ICAO: KHSE, FAA: HSE, IATA: HNC)| publisher = Great Circle Mapper| accessdate = July 10, 2012}} The airport's ICAO identifier is KHSE.{{cite web| url = https://nfdc.faa.gov/nfdcApps/airportLookup/airportDisplay.jsp?airportId=HSE| title = Billy Mitchell – HSE (KHSE)| work = National Flight Data Center| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration| accessdate = July 10, 2012}}