Conway–Horry County Airport Explained

Conway–Horry County Airport
Icao:KHYW
Faa:HYW
Type:Public
Owner:Horry County Department of Airports
City-Served:Conway, South Carolina
Location:U.S. Route 378
Elevation-F:35
Elevation-M:11
Website:http://www.horrycounty.org/Departments/Airports.aspx
Pushpin Map:South Carolina
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in South Carolina
Pushpin Label:HYW
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:4/22
R1-Length-F:4,401
R1-Length-M:1,341
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2007
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:43,050
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:39
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Conway–Horry County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Conway, a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States.

Conway–Horry County airport serves mostly general aviation with maintenance and refueling of aircraft. The airport is located off of U.S. Route 378 west of the city of Conway. The airport has one runway and covers 265acres of land.

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

Facilities and aircraft

Conway–Horry County Airport covers an area of 265acres at an elevation of 35 feet (11 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with a 4,401 by 75 ft (1,341 x 23 m) asphalt surface.

For the 12-month period ending September 11, 2007, the airport had 43,050 aircraft operations, an average of 117 per day: ~99% general aviation, <1% air charter and <1% military. At that time there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% multi-engine.

See also

References

  1. , effective 2008-09-25.
  2. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KHYW KHYW – Conway, South Carolina (Conway–Horry County Airport)

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