Editing Avery County, North Carolina (section)

===Aviation===
Avery County is served primarily by the [[Avery County Airport]] ([[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] [[Location identifier|LID]]: '''7A8'''), located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Newland. Avery County Airport is a public [[general aviation]] [[airport]] that serves both Avery and Mitchell counties and offers no scheduled or commercial operations. Opened to the public in 1962, it has been paved and expanded multiple times. The facility also features a [[helipad]].

[[Elk River Airport]] (FAA LID: '''NC06'''), a smaller private airport, is located in Banner Elk parallel to NC 194 at the Elk River Club residential community. It is used exclusively by residents and approved guests of the Elk River Property Owners Association. Avery County Transportation (ACT) provides general public transportation vans for a fee. The service is by call, offering rides to various locations in the county and out-of-county medical rides. The transportation office and garage is located on NC 194, just north of the Newland city limits.