| Barnwell Regional Airport | |
| Iata: | BNL |
| Icao: | KBNL |
| Faa: | BNL |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Barnwell County |
| City-Served: | Barnwell, South Carolina |
| Elevation-F: | 246 |
| Pushpin Map: | South Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 33.2578°N -81.3883°W |
| R1-Number: | 17/35 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,119 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 5/23 |
| R2-Length-F: | 4,526 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2018 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 5,750 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 26 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Barnwell Regional Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located 1nmi northwest of the central business district of Barnwell, a city in Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by Barnwell County. The airport serves the general aviation community,[2] with no scheduled commercial airline service.
The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces and opened in May 1943. Barnwell Army Airfield was a satellite airfield of Columbia Army Air Base, supporting B-25 Mitchell medium bomber training for Third Air Force III Air Support Command. Training was accomplished by 44th Station Complement Squadron which also maintained the facility. After the war, the airfield was turned over to local authorities which converted it into a civil airport.
Barnwell Regional Airport covers an area of 859acres at an elevation of 246feet above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 5119feet by 100feet and 5/23 is 4526feet by 70feet.
For the 12-month period ending 29 October 2018, the airport had 5,750 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 80% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and 13% military. At that time there were 26 aircraft based at this airport, all of them single-engine.