Laurens County Airport

Laurens County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KLUX – FAA LID: LUX
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Laurens County
Serves Laurens, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL 697 ft / 212 m
Coordinates 34°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 operations 5,500
Based aircraft 13

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. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for LUX (Form 5010 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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