North Auxiliary Airfield

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Coordinates: 33°37′01″N 081°04′59″W / 33.61694, -81.08306

North Auxiliary Airfield
IATA: none – ICAO: KXNO – FAA: XNO
Summary
Airport type		Military
Owner		U.S. Air Force
Location		North, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL		321 ft / 98 m
Website		public.charleston.amc.af.mil/...
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6/24	10,000	3,048	Asphalt
5/23	3,500	1,067	Asphalt
Sources: U.S. Air Force^[1] and FAA^[2]

North Auxiliary Airfield (ICAO: KXNO, FAA LID: XNO) is a military airfield located 3 miles east of North, a town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States.^[1]^[2]

It is owned by the U.S. Air Force and is used primarily for practice landings and takeoffs by the airlift wings based at Charleston Air Force Base. The 437th Support Group, Civil Engineers Squadron operates the base. The base supports C-17 Globemaster III training for 315th Airlift Wing. The only permanently assigned personnel are 10 firefighters and one civilian grounds keeper.^[1]

[edit] Facilities

North Auxiliary Airfield covers an area of 2,400 acres (971 ha), of which 1,150 acres (465 ha) are undeveloped. It contains two asphalt paved runways: the main runway (6/24) measuring 10,000 x 150 ft. (3,048 x 46 m) and an assault runway (5/23) measuring 3,500 x 90 ft. (1,067 x 27 m).^[1]^[2] The primary airstrip runs parallel to U.S. Route 178 but is screened by trees from view from the road.