Mount Pleasant Regional Airport (South Carolina)

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Coordinates: 32°53′52″N 079°46′58″W / 32.89778, -79.78278

Mount Pleasant Regional Airport
Faison Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KLRO – FAA: LRO
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Charleston Aviation Authority
Serves Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL 12 ft / 4 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 3,700 1,128 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 29,200
Based aircraft 72
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Mount Pleasant Regional Airport (ICAO: KLRO, FAA LID: LRO, formerly 8S5), also known as Faison Field, is a public airport located nine miles (14 km) northeast of the central business district of Mount Pleasant, a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Charleston Aviation Authority.[1] It was formerly the East Cooper Airport.[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Mount Pleasant Regional Airport covers an area of 300 acres (121 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 3,700 x 75 ft. (1,128 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 21, 2006, the airport had 29,200 aircraft operations, an average of 80 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military. There are 72 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single engine, 8% multi-engine and 1% helicopter.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for LRO (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Mount Pleasant to annex East Cooper Airport. Charleston Business Journal (March 21, 2005).

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