Darlington County Airport
Darlington County Jetport Hartsville Army Airfield | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Darlington County | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Darlington, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 192 ft / 59 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°26′58″N 079°53′24″W / 34.44944°N 79.89000°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Darlington County Jetport (ICAO: KUDG, FAA LID: UDG) is a county-owned, public-use airport located nine nautical miles (10 mi, 17 km) north of the central business district of Darlington, a city in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] The airport does not have scheduled commercial airline service.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned UDG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
History
The airport was opened in October 1943. It was built by the United States Army Air Force, and known as Hartsville Army Airfield. It was used as an auxiliary training base for Florence Army Airfield, located 18 miles southeast. It was built as a bomber airfield, and supported A-20 Havocs, and later A-26 Invaders which were based at Florence. Its base unit was the 82nd Station Complement Squadron, which maintained the airfield and provided service to the aircraft.
Military use of the airfield ended early in 1945, and it was turned over to civil authorities which converted it into a civil airport.
Facilities and aircraft
Darlington County Jetport covers an area of 635 acres (257 ha) at an elevation of 192 feet (59 m) above mean sea level. It has three asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m); 10/28 is 4,947 by 150 feet (1,508 x 46 m); 16/34 is 4,751 by 150 feet (1,448 x 46 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 21, 2011, the airport had 8,200 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine and 18% jet.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for UDG PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
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"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.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work=|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Darlington County Jetport (ICAO: KUDG, FAA: UDG, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency- Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942-2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC
External links
- Aerial image as of February 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for UDG, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for UDG
- AirNav airport information for KUDG
- ASN accident history for UDG
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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