Lancaster County Airport
| Lancaster County Airport McWhirter Field |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KLKR – FAA LID: LKR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Lancaster County | ||
| Serves | Lancaster, South Carolina | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 486 ft / 148 m | ||
| Coordinates | 34°43′22″N 080°51′17″W / 34.72278°N 80.85472°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 6/24 | 6,004 | 1,830 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 23,850 | ||
| Based aircraft | 49 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Lancaster County Airport (ICAO: KLKR, FAA LID: LKR), also known as McWhirter Field, is a county-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) west of the central business district of Lancaster, in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LKR by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned LKR to Las Khoreh in Somalia[3]).
Facilities and aircraft [edit]
Lancaster County Airport covers an area of 301 acres (122 ha) at an elevation of 486 feet (148 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,004 by 100 feet (1,830 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 22, 2009, the airport had 23,850 aircraft operations, an average of 65 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 49 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[1]
Lancaster County Airport is operated by Lancaster Aviation and provides fuel, maintenance and a terminal facility.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for LKR (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.
- ^ "Lancaster County Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KLKR, FAA: LKR)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^ "Las Khoreh Airport, Somalia (IATA: LKR)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
External links [edit]
- Aerial photo as of 20 February 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for LKR, effective May 2, 2013
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for LKR
- AirNav airport information for KLKR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
