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Asheville Regional Airport Department of Public Safety
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Asheville Regional Airport Department of Public Safety.
- Agency or unit type
- Airport public safety department
- County guides
- Buncombe County
- Official website
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- Published office location
- 136 Wright Brothers Way, Fletcher, NC 28732
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
Asheville Regional Airport maintains an airport public-safety department with law-enforcement, aircraft-rescue firefighting, and emergency-medical responsibilities. It is separate from Asheville Police, local sheriff agencies, TSA passenger screening, and FAA air-traffic services.
How the agency is organized
The airport describes continuous public-safety coverage by state-certified officers cross-trained for aircraft rescue and firefighting, with emergency-medical capability available on duty. This combined operating model is one agency rather than separate police and fire departments for directory-count purposes.
Official records and officer resources
The airport’s official safety and contact pages provide the primary administrative and passenger-service routes. Board materials document police functions such as the use of body-worn cameras, while the airport’s public-information process is distinct from an airline’s or federal investigative agency’s process. An official FAA runway-safety meeting notice identifies the airport’s DPS Station at 136 Wright Brothers Way, separately from the neighboring Airport Operations office.
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FBI data · 2025
The following figures are from the FBI’s 2025 published agency tables. They describe a reporting period, not current staffing or an assessment of agency performance.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 17 |
| Civilian employees | 7 |
| Total full-time employees | 24 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 81; published agency label: Asheville Regional Airport. Table_81_Full_time_Law_Enforcement_Employees_by_State_by_State_Tribal_and_Other_Agencies_2025.xlsx
Blank or unavailable values remain “Not published.” Participating agencies and reporting scope vary. Campus figures concern the reporting institution; a city name does not expand them to all local residents. Read the data definitions and limitations.
NC SBI data · 2024
The NC SBI record is published under Asheville Airport. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Does Not Participate. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 16 |
| Civilian employees | 0 |
| Total full-time employees | 16 |
Sources: SBI agency reporting status · SBI law-enforcement personnel.
Personnel are a dated full-time payroll snapshot. Civilian classifications can include jail employees without outside police powers. These are not authorized-position or vacancy counts. Index-crime totals cover selected categories and are not totals of all crime.
Sources and review date
Official agency, government and institutional sources are linked below. Contact details and organizational information were reviewed September 24, 2026. Published statistical years are identified separately.
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