Laurens County Airport

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Laurens County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerLaurens County
ServesLaurens, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL697 ft / 212 m
Coordinates34°30′25″N 081°56′50″W / 34.50694°N 81.94722°W / 34.50694; -81.94722
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 3,898 1,188 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations5,500
Based aircraft13

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]

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. ^ a b c d 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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