Beaufort County Airport

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]

Beaufort County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Beaufort
ServesLady's Island
Elevation AMSL9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates32°24′44″N 080°38′04″W
Websitewww.bcgov.net/...
Map
ARW
Location of airport in South Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 3,434 1,047 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations36,000
Based aircraft36

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
AirlinesDestinations
Planemaster for UPS Airlines Columbia (SC)

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for ARW (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. "Frogmore Island Airport: Directions". Beaufort County. Archived from the original on July 6, 2010.
  3. "Frogmore Island Airport: Welcome". Beaufort County. Archived from the original on July 2, 2010.
  4. "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.
  5. "IATA Airport Code Search (BFT: Beaufort County)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  6. "Beaufort County Airport (IATA: BFT, ICAO: KARW, FAA: ARW)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  7. "IATA Airport Code Search (ARW: Arad)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  8. "Arad Airport, Romania, Nepal (IATA: ARW, ICAO: LRAR)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
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