OAJKOAJ

Albert J Ellis Airport

Richlands, United States

North America America/New_York

3direct destinations

4airlines

1runway

2,164 mLongest runway

102Aircraft documented

Albert J. Ellis Airport (IATA: OAJ, ICAO: KOAJ, FAA LID: OAJ) is a county-owned public-use airport in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. It is located in Richlands, 10 nautical miles (19 km) northwest of the central business district of Jacksonville and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The airport has a single runway and three gates. Opening on February 15, 1971, the airport is used by general aviation, the military and two commercial airlines, American Eagle and Delta Connection. American Eagle operates services to Charlotte. These services are operated by PSA Airlines, which operates CRJ-700s and CRJ-900s, and Piedmont Airlines, which operates ERJ-145s. On August 30, 2006, Delta Air Lines announced new service from the airport to Atlanta, Georgia, operated by Delta Connection carrier ExpressJet Airlines, starting on December 11, 2006. Delta began operating B-717 aircraft on the OAJ-ATL route on August 28, 2016. When ExpressJet closed, the service transferred to Endeavor Airlines.

Location

34.829°N, 77.612°O · 29 m s. n. m. (94 ft)

General data

CountryUnited States

CityRichlands

IATA codeOAJ

ICAO codeKOAJ

Coordinates34.829°N, 77.612°O

Elevation29 m s. n. m. (94 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/New_York

Runways1

Longest runway2,164 m

Direct destinations3

Official website

Runways · 1

05/23

Length2,164 m7,100 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

What flies here

From our own logbook: 102 aircraft documented between 2007 and 2021.

102Aircraft documented

7,291Movements recorded

2007–2021Years on record

Types seen here

Bombardier CRJ69

Airlines with documented aircraft

PSA Airlines 46 ExpressJet 44 Endeavor Air 12

Busiest routes from here

CLTCharlotte1,184 flights ATLAtlanta392 flights

A count of our own aircraft profiles, year by year, from the public United States flight records: it reflects what we have documented, not the airport’s total traffic.

Airlines operating here · 4

Other airlines with direct routes

American Airlines Air France Delta Air Lines KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Route network according to OpenFlights (open route database). It may not reflect recent schedule changes.

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on September 27, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, September 27). Albert J Ellis Airport (OAJ). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OAJ

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_oaj,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Albert J Ellis Airport (OAJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-09-27},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OAJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OAJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OAJ |title=Albert J Ellis Airport (OAJ) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-09-27 |access-date=2026-10-18 |language=en}}