Air Midwest Flight 5481 Memorial
Air Midwest Flight 5481 Memorial is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Morris Field, a historic site 1.0 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 19 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
2003 aviation accident in North Carolina, USA.
Wikidata Q553492, matched on coordinates and name (249 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- granite
- Inscription
- Flight 5481
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 25.0 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Southwest Park: 1.6 mi
- Airport Overlook: 1.7 mi
- Wingate Park: 2.2 mi
- Amay James Park: 2.4 mi
- Reid Neighborhood Park: 2.5 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 1.7 mi
- METALmorphosis: 3.8 mi
- Gainseville Midland: 5.8 mi
- Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 6.2 mi
- Coal car: 6.8 mi
- Morris Field: 1.0 mi
- Jane Parks McDowell Marker: 3.5 mi
- Crash Site of Eastern Flight 212: 3.7 mi
- Camp Greene Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Our Children's Memorial Walkway: 5.3 mi
- Sculpture of Queen Charlotte: 1.1 mi
- Ascendus: 1.5 mi
- Thánh Giuse: 2.7 mi
- Flash: 3.7 mi
- Levitation: 3.8 mi
- The James C. Dowd House: 3.8 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 5.5 mi
- Mint Museum Uptown: 5.6 mi
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture: 5.6 mi
- Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art: 5.6 mi
- Berryhill Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Whitehall Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Iswa Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Thomas M. Winget Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 8.0 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Courtyard: 5.1 mi
- Avondale Giving Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Sustainability Village Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Capps Hill: 7.5 mi
- Berry Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 11.5 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Nanny Mountain: 12.8 mi
- South Point Beach: 5.0 mi
- Sailing Beach: 9.0 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 18.0 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- High Shoals: 19.6 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 6.0 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 8.7 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 7.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Air Midwest Flight 5481 Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | W 271° | 520 m | 20.8 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | W 276° | 458 m | 18.8 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | WNW 303° | 375 m | 11.5 mi |
| Henry Knob | WSW 255° | 344 m | 19.3 mi |
| Jackson Knob | W 270° | 328 m | 12.8 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NNW 328° | 325 m | 18.1 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | SW 225° | 299 m | 12.8 mi |
| Berry Mountain | W 281° | 281 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6581964391
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 5 mi
- Charlotte/South End · 5 mi
- Charlotte · 6 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 6 mi
- Charlotte/Uptown · 6 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 7 mi
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