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You are correct, I can't see the dam(s) on Lake James from a terrain map. The wiki article says there are 4 earthen dams creating Lake James for Duke Power. They are supposedly hydroelectric supplying dams, but I see no power stations.
Our lowland house in about midway up Lake Norman. The airport in Charlotte uses our airspace as a landing pattern for Charlotte traffic. We seldom notice it, along with all the other thousands of homes built out this way.
Noise abatement procedures have improved tremendously in the last couple of decades. We are 25 miles, as the crow flies, away from the Charlotte Airport.
I still would not like to live within 5-10 miles of a runway, but 15-20 miles and out is almost a non-issue.
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