| Beaufort County Airport Frogmore Intranational Airport |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: BFT – ICAO: KARW – FAA LID: ARW | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | County of Beaufort | ||
| Serves | Beaufort, South Carolina | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 7/25 | 3,434 | 1,047 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 36,400 | ||
| Based aircraft | 57 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Beaufort County Airport (IATA: BFT, ICAO: KARW, FAA LID: ARW, formerly 73J) is a county-owned public-use airport in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The airport is located on Lady's Island,[2] three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Beaufort, South Carolina.[1] It is also known as Frogmore Island Airport or Frogmore Intranational Airport.[3]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ARW by the FAA and BFT by the IATA[4] (which assigned ARW to Arad Airport in Arad, Romania[5]).
Beaufort County Airport covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 10 feet (3 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,434 by 75 feet (1,047 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 8, 2009, the airport had 36,400 aircraft operations, an average of 99 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. At that time there were 57 aircraft based at this airport: 89.5% single-engine, 7% multi-engine and 3.5% helicopter.[1]