Aiken Regional Airport Explained

Aiken Regional Airport
Iata:AIK
Icao:KAIK
Faa:AIK
Type:Public
Owner:City of Aiken
City-Served:Aiken, South Carolina
Location:Aiken County, near Aiken, South Carolina
Elevation-F:528
Elevation-M:161
Pushpin Map:South Carolina
Website:AikenRegionalAirport.com/...
R1-Number:7/25
R1-Length-F:5,500
R1-Length-M:1,676
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:1/19
R2-Length-F:3,800
R2-Length-M:1,158
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2023
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 7/13/2023)
Stat1-Data:28,300
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:47
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Aiken Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) north of the central business district of Aiken, a city in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. The airport serves the general aviation community,[2] with no scheduled commercial airline service. Formerly, it was Aiken Air Force Station.

Facilities and aircraft

Aiken Regional Airport covers an area of 700acres at an elevation of 528 feet (161 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 7/25 is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m) and 1/19 is 3,800 by 75 feet (1,158 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 13, 2023, the airport had 28,300 aircraft operations, an average of 77 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 47 aircraft based at this airport, 38 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, and 2 jet.

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Notes and References

  1. , effective April 18, 2024.
  2. Web site: 2021–2025 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 5.32 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . 30 September 2020 .