Western Carolina Regional (RHP) Airport Limo Service

Stretch Limo Service to and from Western Carolina Regional (RHP) Airport

Western Carolina Regional (RHP) Airport Limo Service puts a chauffeur on the ramp at Andrews the moment your aircraft shuts down. RHP is a general aviation field in Cherokee County, two miles west of downtown Andrews and a few minutes from Murphy, and it has no taxi stand, no rental car counter and no scheduled airline. What it does have is a steady flow of corporate jets, fractional flights, turboprops and private pilots who need a dependable ride into the mountains. Union Limousine provides that ride through a North Carolina airport limo service built for small fields where ground transportation has to be arranged in advance or it simply does not exist.

We serve travelers arriving at RHP from anywhere in the country and we carry them to Murphy, Andrews, Marble, Brasstown, Hayesville, Robbinsville, Bryson City, Franklin, Blue Ridge and Blairsville in Georgia, and onward to Asheville, Chattanooga, Knoxville or Atlanta when a trip calls for it. Every reservation is tracked against the aircraft's tail number, every chauffeur is licensed, insured and background checked, and every vehicle is a late model black sedan, SUV, limousine, Sprinter van or motorcoach kept in detailed condition. This page explains how pickups work at Western Carolina Regional, which vehicles fit which trips, and what to expect from the airport itself.

Private Aviation Arrivals at RHP Deserve a Chauffeur at the Ramp

Flying into a general aviation airport is supposed to save time. That advantage disappears if you step off a Citation or a King Air and find an empty parking lot with no way to reach your cabin, your job site or your meeting. Western Carolina Regional has one runway, one terminal building and a small staff who keep the field running from nine to five. Nobody is waiting with a car unless you booked one. Our RHP limo service is the booking that solves that gap, and we treat the arrival of a private aircraft with the same discipline a flight department expects from its own handlers.

How Our RHP Pickups Work?

Reservations open with your tail number, your departure airport and your estimated time of arrival. Our dispatch team tracks the flight through FAA data feeds and through direct contact with the Western Carolina Regional FBO office when needed, so a weather delay over the Smokies or an early arrival on a tailwind changes the chauffeur's schedule, never yours. The chauffeur positions the vehicle on the public side of the terminal gate before touchdown and meets passengers at the terminal door, or, when the airport grants ramp access to a coordinating operator, directly at the aircraft stairs. Luggage, golf bags, fly rods and camera cases go into the vehicle while the crew finishes shutdown.

Departures run in reverse. We pick you up at your mountain home, resort or office, confirm the crew's requested show time, and deliver you to the terminal with the margin your pilot asked for. If your flight is slipping, call once and the car adjusts. Waiting time at RHP is built into every airport booking, so a late inbound does not generate a surprise fee.

Where We Take You From Andrews?

Western Carolina Regional sits on the US 19 and US 74 corridor between the two largest towns in Cherokee County. Andrews is eight minutes east and Murphy, the county seat, is about twenty minutes west along the four lane highway. The Town of Murphy anchors most of the lodging, dining and government business in the far western corner of the state, and Harrah's Cherokee Valley River casino and hotel on the edge of town is one of the most common drop points we see from RHP arrivals. Our North Carolina limo service reaches well beyond the county line. Regular routes include:

• Murphy, Andrews, Marble, Peachtree and Brasstown within Cherokee County
• Hayesville and Lake Chatuge in Clay County, about 35 minutes south
• Robbinsville, Fontana Lake and Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in Graham County
• Bryson City, the Nantahala Gorge and the Nantahala Outdoor Center
• Franklin, Highlands and Cashiers for golf and club communities
• Blue Ridge, Blairsville and Hiawassee across the Georgia line
• Chattanooga, Knoxville, Asheville and Atlanta for connecting commercial flights or city appointments

Mountain roads in this region are two lane, steep and poorly lit after dark, and cell coverage drops out in the gorges. Our chauffeurs drive these routes regularly, carry printed directions to remote cabins, and confirm gate codes and driveway conditions with you before the trip. That local knowledge is the difference between a smooth arrival and an hour spent searching for an unmarked gravel road.

Who Books Limo Service at Western Carolina Regional?

RHP handles about 20,000 aircraft movements a year, and roughly 93 percent of them are general aviation. The remainder is air taxi, commuter and military traffic. Behind those numbers is a predictable set of passengers, and Union Limousine has shaped its RHP service around each of them.

Corporate Flight Departments and Fractional Operators

Fractional providers such as NetJets and Wheels Up fly into Andrews dozens of times a year, and locally based companies in Murphy, Peachtree and Marble operate their own turboprops and light jets from the field. Manufacturing employers in the valley bring engineers, auditors and executives to plants that are a short drive from the airport, and a flight department coordinator needs one phone call to arrange the ground leg. Our North Carolina airport chauffeur service offers corporate accounts, consolidated monthly invoicing, passenger manifests shared with the operations desk, and chauffeurs who understand that a client's name on a sign in a public lobby is unwelcome. Discretion at RHP is simple to maintain because the terminal is small, and we keep it that way.

Second Home Owners and Mountain Retreat Guests

Cherokee County and its neighbors are full of mountain homes owned by families from Atlanta, Florida and the Carolinas, and many of them fly in on private aircraft. A chauffeur who already knows the way to Bear Paw, Hiwassee Lake, Lake Nottely or a gated community above the Valley River saves a weekend's worth of friction. We handle grocery stops on the way in, return trips to the airport on Sunday afternoon, and mid week runs to Murphy or Blue Ridge for guests who did not bring a car.

Weddings, Retreats and Group Events

The valley hosts destination weddings at farms and vineyards, corporate retreats at lakeside lodges, and family reunions that fill cabins for a week. When a group arrives on a charter aircraft or several private flights, we stage Sprinter vans and mini coaches at the airport so everyone leaves together. The North Carolina Sprinter van service we run across the state is especially popular at RHP because a 14 passenger Sprinter carries a full wedding party plus luggage up a steep mountain driveway that a full size coach cannot navigate.

The Folk School, Casino Entertainment and Outdoor Travelers

Brasstown's John C. Campbell Folk School, founded in 1925, draws students from across the country for week long craft, music and dance classes, and its visitor guidelines spell out campus arrival details that our chauffeurs follow when dropping students at their housing. Concert headliners and their crews fly into RHP for shows at Harrah's Cherokee Valley River, and anglers, rafters and hikers use the airport as the fastest way to reach the Nantahala and the Hiwassee without a four hour drive from a hub airport. Each of these trips has its own luggage profile and timing, and our dispatchers plan for it.

Our Fleet for Western Carolina Regional Airport

Every vehicle in the fleet is black, late model, climate controlled and cleaned between trips. Capacities below are passenger counts with luggage; call us if your group travels with oversized equipment such as drift boats, bikes or instrument cases and we will size the vehicle accordingly.

Sedans (Up to 3 Passengers)

Executive sedans suit a single executive or a couple arriving on a light jet with two or three bags. They are the standard choice for a Murphy business meeting, a transfer to a mountain home, or a quiet ride to Asheville for a connecting flight.

SUVs (Up to 6 Passengers)

Full size SUVs carry a family or a small team with room for golf clubs, coolers and duffels. All wheel drive versions are the right call for gravel driveways, winter weather above 3,000 feet and the switchbacks toward Robbinsville or Highlands.

Stretch Limousines (Up to 20 Passengers)

Stretch limousines turn an airport pickup into an occasion. Wedding parties, anniversary trips to the casino hotel and milestone birthdays booked around a private flight all use them, with privacy partitions, bar setups and lighting that make the drive part of the celebration.

Sprinter Vans (Up to 14 Passengers)

Mercedes Sprinter vans are the workhorse at RHP. They fit through tight terminal access roads, carry fourteen people with luggage, and come in executive configurations with leather captain's chairs and WiFi for corporate groups or in shuttle layouts for retreats and wedding guests.

Party Buses (Up to 30 Passengers)

Party buses serve bachelor and bachelorette weekends, brewery tours between Andrews and Murphy, and casino nights where thirty guests want to travel together with music, lighting and a bar on board from the moment they leave the airport.

Mini Charter Buses (Up to 35 Passengers)

Mini coaches work for corporate retreats, church groups and reunion weekends that arrive on a charter aircraft. Overhead storage, reclining seats and a luggage bay keep a 35 person group comfortable on the ride to a lakeside lodge or conference center.

Full Size Charter Buses (Up to 56 Passengers)

Full size motorcoaches handle the largest groups, including sports teams, large wedding guest lists and multi day tour itineraries that begin at RHP and continue through the Smokies, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Georgia mountains. Restrooms, power outlets and a professional coach operator come standard.

Why a Pre Booked Chauffeur Beats Taxis and Rideshare at RHP?

There is no taxi queue at Western Carolina Regional. Rideshare drivers are scarce in Cherokee County, and the ones who are active tend to be in Murphy, twenty minutes away, with no incentive to drive out to a field where the next fare may be hours off. Pilots who stop at RHP for fuel use the airport's courtesy car to reach lunch in Andrews, and that single vehicle is for crews, not passengers. Every traveler who has stood on the ramp in Andrews refreshing a rideshare app knows how this ends.

Union Limousine removes the gamble. Your chauffeur is confirmed the day before, tracks the flight, and is in position before wheels touch the runway. Fares are quoted in advance so there is no surge pricing when a storm grounds half the fleet in the mountains. Vehicles are commercially insured, inspected and large enough for the luggage that private flyers actually carry. And when plans change at 10 p.m. on a Friday, you reach a live dispatcher who already has your itinerary open.

Airport Information: Western Carolina Regional (RHP)

Western Carolina Regional Airport is owned and operated by Cherokee County and sits at 5840 Airport Road, Andrews, NC 28901, at an elevation of 1,699 feet on the floor of the Valley River valley. The FAA identifier is RHP and the ICAO code is KRHP. The airport carries no IATA assignment, which is why you will never see RHP on an airline ticket. Knowing what the field offers, and what it does not, helps every passenger plan the ground leg properly.

History and Importance of the Airport

The push for an airport in Cherokee County began in May 1945, when a public meeting at the courthouse in Murphy drew about 200 residents. A year later Edgar Augustus Wood Sr. built a private grass strip west of Andrews that locals called Wood Field. Cherokee County purchased the airfield in 1969, renamed it Andrews Murphy Airport and paved and lit the runway that same year to accept business aircraft. Property purchases in 1999 and a parking expansion in 2000 enlarged the footprint to 206 acres. County commissioners adopted the Western Carolina Regional name in 2009 to reflect the airport's reach across the far western counties, and in 2017 the terminal was dedicated to Richard Parker, a Navy aviation veteran who managed the field for decades. The Town of Andrews has grown up alongside the airport, and a state transportation study credits RHP with supporting about 290 jobs, over $20 million in annual personal income and roughly $57 million in yearly economic output for the region.

Recent years have brought a run of improvements. A $1.15 million state funded lighting project replaced the airfield lighting system, new security gates closed off vehicle traffic from aircraft movement areas, and a jet fuel truck joined a new self serve fuel system. The county has approved funding to replace the airport's four aging beacon towers and intends to pursue grant money in 2026 for a new terminal building, with additional hangar sites to follow.

Airlines Operating From RHP

No scheduled airline serves Western Carolina Regional. There is no ticket counter, no TSA checkpoint and no baggage claim. Traffic consists of corporate jets and turboprops, fractional operators including NetJets and Wheels Up, charter and air taxi flights, locally owned aircraft, flight training, military touch and go practice, and United States Forest Service aircraft that stage here during wildfire season. A Med Trans air ambulance helicopter is based at the field under a ground lease and averages about a dozen medical flights per day, making RHP a lifeline for emergency care in the mountains.

Domestic Destinations and Connecting Airports

Because RHP is a general aviation airport, destinations are wherever a private flight originates. The most frequent inbound city pairs we see are Atlanta area fields such as DeKalb Peachtree and Fulton County, the Florida corridor from Naples and Palm Beach to Jacksonville, Nashville, Charlotte, Dallas and the Northeast business airports around New York and Washington. Travelers who need a commercial connection have four options within about two hours by road: Asheville Regional to the east, Chattanooga Metropolitan and McGhee Tyson in Knoxville to the west and north, and Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta to the south. We provide direct transfers from RHP to each of them.

Terminal Information

The Richard Parker terminal is a single story general aviation building that functions as the airport's FBO. Inside are a passenger lounge, a pilot lounge, a conference room, restrooms, WiFi, vending and a snack and coffee counter run on the honor system. There is no restaurant on the property; the nearest dining is in Andrews. The airport is attended Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., and it is unattended on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, which matters for anyone arriving on a holiday and expecting someone at the desk. Fuel is available in 100LL and Jet A, both self serve and by truck, and the fuel system accepts government cards.

Passenger Traffic

The FAA recorded about 20,500 aircraft operations and 42 based aircraft at RHP in its most recent published count, and local reporting puts based aircraft at just above 40 today. Transient business jets make up the most valuable traffic and generate the jet fuel sales the county describes as the airport's core revenue. Volume rises sharply in autumn leaf season, around holiday weekends and during major concerts at the casino in Murphy, so booking ground transportation several days ahead during those periods is wise.

Parking Overview

Parking at Western Carolina Regional is free and consists of a single surface lot beside the terminal, enlarged in 2000 and now separated from the ramp by electronic security gates. There is no long term garage, no shuttle and no cell phone lot. Owners of based aircraft often leave personal vehicles here for the length of a trip, and the lot can fill on busy weekends. Passengers who arrive by chauffeur avoid the question entirely.

Pick Up and Drop Off Guidance

Chauffeured pickups take place at the terminal's public entrance off Airport Road. Our chauffeur parks in the front lot, meets passengers inside the lounge or at the door, and loads luggage while the crew secures the aircraft. When an operator has arranged ramp access through the airport office, vehicles can be escorted to the aircraft for a planeside transfer. For departures we recommend arriving 20 to 30 minutes before the crew's requested show time, which is usually enough at a field without security screening. Airport Road is a two lane county road, so allow a few extra minutes in the dark or in fog, which settles into the valley on autumn mornings.

Ground Transportation Options

RHP has no rental car agencies on site, no taxi stand, no public transit stop and no hotel shuttles. The airport keeps a courtesy car for visiting flight crews on a short loan basis. Rideshare availability is intermittent at best this far from a city. For passengers, a pre booked chauffeur is the only ground transportation that can be relied on, and the airport staff themselves routinely point arriving travelers toward prearranged car service for that reason.

Tips for Arriving Passengers

• Share your tail number and departure airport when booking so we can track the flight directly.
• Pack for mountain weather; the field sits at 1,700 feet and temperatures run ten degrees cooler than Atlanta.
• Download offline maps before you leave; cell service fades in the Nantahala Gorge and on back roads toward Robbinsville.
• If you are arriving on a holiday, confirm the terminal will be staffed, since the airport closes on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
• Plan grocery or pharmacy stops in Andrews or Murphy on the way to a remote cabin; there is little between the towns.
• The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area guide to Murphy and Andrews is a useful primer on the valley towns, from the Murphy River Walk and Canoe Trail to the craft studios along the Blue Ridge Craft Trails.

Airport Hours and Services at a Glance

Attended Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. CTAF and UNICOM on 122.8. Automated weather on 119.675. Fuel: 100LL and Jet A. Courtesy car, pilot lounge, conference room, WiFi and free parking. No tower, no rental cars, no scheduled service.

Runway and Field Data

One asphalt runway, 8/26, 5,500 feet long and 100 feet wide, with precision approach path indicators on both ends and GPS approaches published. Field elevation 1,699 feet. Total property 206 acres. Approach and departure services are handled by Atlanta Center.

Official Contact

• Western Carolina Regional Airport (KRHP),
• 5840 Airport Rd, Andrews, NC 28901, United States.
• Phone +1 828 321 5114. Official airport page at Cherokee County.

Reserve Your RHP Airport Limo Before You File the Flight Plan

Reserve with Union Limousine as soon as your departure time is set, and the ground leg of your trip into the Smokies is finished before the aircraft leaves the hangar. Our limo service team is available around the clock by phone, online booking or email, and a confirmed chauffeur, vehicle and quoted fare arrive in your inbox within minutes. For a lower key ride in an executive sedan or SUV, ask about our RHP car service and we will match the vehicle to the number of passengers and bags on your manifest. Flight departments and travel managers can open a corporate account with monthly billing and a dedicated coordinator who knows the Andrews field.