Mount Pleasant Regional Airport (South Carolina)

Mount Pleasant Regional Airport Faison Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KLRO – FAA LID: LRO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Charleston County Aviation Authority
Serves		Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Location		700 Faison Parkway Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Elevation AMSL		12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates		32°53′52″N 79°46′58″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17/35	3,700	1,128	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			29,200
Based aircraft			72
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Mount Pleasant Regional Airport (ICAO: KLRO, FAA LID: LRO, formerly 8S5), also known as Faison Field, is a public airport located 9 nmi (17 km) northeast of the central business district of Mount Pleasant, a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Charleston County Aviation Authority. It was formerly the East Cooper Airport.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LRO by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Mount Pleasant Regional Airport covers an area of 300 acres (120 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 3,700 x 75 ft (1,128 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 21, 2006, the airport had 29,200 aircraft operations, an average of 80 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military. There are 72 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single engine, 8% multi-engine and 1% helicopter.

External links

• FAA Terminal Procedures for LRO, effective 12 January 2012
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for LRO
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for LRO