Laurens County Airport

Laurens County Airport (ICAO: KLUX, FAA LID: LUX, formerly 34A) is a county-owned public-use airport in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Laurens, South Carolina.[1]

Laurens County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerLaurens County
ServesLaurens, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL697 ft / 212 m
Coordinates34°30′25″N 081°56′50″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 3,898 1,188 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations5,500
Based aircraft13

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned LUX by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned LUX to Findel Airport in Luxembourg[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Laurens County Airport covers an area of 78 acres (32 ha) at an elevation of 697 feet (212 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,898 by 75 feet (1,188 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 22, 2009, the airport had 5,500 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 94% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and 3% military. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for LUX PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. "Laurens County Airport (FAA: LUX, ICAO: KLUX)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  3. "Findel Airport, Luxembourg (IATA: LUX, ICAO: ELLX)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
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