Beaufort County Airport

Beaufort Executive 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] 3 nautical miles (5.6 kilometres) 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 Executive Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Beaufort
ServesLady's Island
Elevation AMSL9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates32°24′44″N 080°38′04″W
Websitewww.beaufortcountyairport.com/...
Map
ARW
Location of airport in South Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 3,434 1,047 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations18,000
Based aircraft36

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, 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 Executive Airport covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 9 feet (2.7 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,434 feet (1,047 m) by 75 feet (23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending 3 July 2018, the airport had 18,000 aircraft operations, on average 49 per day: 97.4% general aviation and 2.6% air taxi. At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, and 11% helicopter.[1]

Cargo Airlines
AirlinesDestinations
Planemaster for UPS Airlines Columbia (SC)

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for ARW PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 July 2018.
  2. "Beaufort Executive Airport: Directions". Beaufort County.
  3. "South Carolina - Beaufort County Airports". www.carolana.com/.
  4. "2021–2025 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 5.32 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 30 September 2020.
  5. "IATA Airport Code Search (BFT: Beaufort Executive)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  6. "Beaufort Executive Airport (IATA: BFT, ICAO: KARW, FAA: ARW)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. "IATA Airport Code Search (ARW: Arad)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  8. "Arad Airport, Romania, Nepal (IATA: ARW, ICAO: LRAR)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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