Beaufort County Airport
Beaufort County Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | County of Beaufort | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lady's Island | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 9 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°24′44″N 080°38′04″W / 32.41222°N 80.63444°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.bcgov.net/... | ||||||||||
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  ARW Location of airport in South Carolina | |||||||||||
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Beaufort County Airport (IATA: BFT, ICAO: KARW, FAA LID: ARW, formerly 73J) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.[1] The airport is located on Lady's Island,[2] three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Beaufort, South Carolina.[1] It is also known as Frogmore Island Airport or Frogmore Intranational Airport.[3]
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[4]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ARW by the FAA[1] and BFT by the IATA[5][6] (which assigned ARW to Arad Airport in Arad, Romania).[7][8]
Beaufort is also known for hosting Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (ICAO: KNBC, FAA LID: NBC), located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Beaufort County Airport.
Facilities and aircraft
Beaufort County Airport covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 9 feet (3 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,434 by 75 feet (1,047 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 27, 2012, the airport had 36,000 aircraft operations, on average 98 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, and 11% helicopter.[1]
Cargo Airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Planemaster for UPS Airlines | Columbia (SC) |
References
- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for ARW PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "Frogmore Island Airport: Directions". Beaufort County. Archived from the original on July 6, 2010.
- ^ "Frogmore Island Airport: Welcome". Beaufort County. Archived from the original on July 2, 2010.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (BFT: Beaufort County)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Beaufort County Airport (IATA: BFT, ICAO: KARW, FAA: ARW)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (ARW: Arad)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Arad Airport, Romania, Nepal (IATA: ARW, ICAO: LRAR)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
External links
- Beaufort County Airport at Beaufort County website
- Aerial photo as of January 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for ARW, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for ARW
- AirNav airport information for KARW
- ASN accident history for BFT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures