Cheraw Municipal Airport

Cheraw Municipal Airport
Lynch Bellinger Field
IATA: HCW – ICAO: KCQW – FAA LID: CQW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Town of Cheraw
Serves Cheraw, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL 239 ft / 73 m
Coordinates 34°42′46″N 079°57′25″W / 34.71278°N 79.95694°W / 34.71278; -79.95694
Map
CQW

Location of airport in South Carolina

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 17,900
Based aircraft 18

Cheraw Municipal Airport (IATA: HCW, ICAO: KCQW, FAA LID: CQW), also known as Lynch Bellinger Field, is a public use airport in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Town of Cheraw and located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of its central business district.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CQW by the FAA and HCW by the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 235 acres (95 ha) at an elevation of 239 feet (73 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 1, 2008, the airport had 17,900 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 16 single-engine, 1 jet and 1 helicopter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for CQW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: HCW / KCQW - Cheraw Municipal Airport - Cheraw, South Carolina

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