Newberry County Airport

Newberry County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KEOE – FAA LID: EOE
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Newberry County
Serves Newberry, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL 570 ft / 174 m
Coordinates 34°18′34″N 081°38′26″W / 34.30944°N 81.64056°W / 34.30944; -81.64056
Website NewberryCounty.net/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 12,100
Based aircraft 17

Newberry County Airport (ICAO: KEOE, FAA LID: EOE, formerly 27J) is a county-owned public-use airport in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Newberry, South Carolina.[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned EOE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

History

The airport was built in 1946 with two grass runways. The current asphalt runway was constructed in October 2008.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Newberry County Airport covers an area of 196 acres (79 ha) at an elevation of 570 feet (174 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 9, 2009, the airport had 12,100 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 12% ultralight.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for EOE (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Newberry County Airport (FAA: EOE, ICAO: KEOE)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  3. ↑ Airport page at Newberry County website
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