Fairfield County Airport (South Carolina)

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Coordinates: 34°18′56″N 081°06′32″W / 34.31556, -81.10889

Fairfield County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KFDW – FAA: FDW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Fairfield County
Serves Winnsboro, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL 577 ft / 176 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 5,003 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 17,000
Based aircraft 30
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Fairfield County Airport (ICAO: KFDW, FAA LID: FDW) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Winnsboro, in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by Fairfield County.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Fairfield County Airport is assigned FDW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Fairfield County Airport covers an area of 159 acres (64 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (4/22) measuring 5,003 x 100 ft. (1,525 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 1, 2007, the airport had 17,000 aircraft operations, an average of 46 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 2% military. There are 30 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single engine and 20% multi-engine.[1]

The on location fixed base operator is S&S Aviation.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for FDW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KFDW - Winnsboro, South Carolina (Fairfield County Airport)

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