Lattice tower 1290772 — Aurora, NC

At 90 m, structure 1290772 is about 11% above the 81 m average across the 82 structures registered in Beaufort County. It is about 12% above the North Carolina average of 80 m across 6,092 registrations. Among the 35,886 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (LTOWER), the average overall height is 73 m, so this one is about 24% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 1 m, which puts the top of the structure 91 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Aurora in Beaufort County, North Carolina, at coordinates 35.38600, -76.77689, with the site address filed as "1530 HWY 306 S". Beaufort County has 82 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 24th-largest count among the 100 North Carolina counties with registrations, and 55 of them are marked constructed. North Carolina as a whole has 6,092 registrations, the 9th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Grantsboro, NC · 1238007, a guyed tower at 312 m (constructed).

Granted means the FCC has issued the registration, but the record does not yet carry the owner's notice that construction was completed. The FCC issued registration 1290772 on Mar 5, 2014. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 478 in North Carolina.

The FCC record lists PCS PHOSPHATE COMPANY of Aurora, NC as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0022887921.

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2013-ASO-7864-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1K, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 9, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style A". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 3, 4, 5, 12.