Laurens County Airport Explained

Laurens County Airport
Icao:KLUX
Faa:LUX
Type:Public
Owner:Laurens County
City-Served:Laurens, South Carolina
Elevation-F:697
Elevation-M:212
Coordinates:34.5069°N -81.9472°W
R1-Number:8/26
R1-Length-F:3,898
R1-Length-M:1,188
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2009
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:5,500
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:13
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Laurens County Airport 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.

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 78acres 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).

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.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. Web site: Laurens County Airport (FAA: LUX, ICAO: KLUX) . Great Circle Mapper . 17 August 2010.
  3. Web site: Findel Airport, Luxembourg (IATA: LUX, ICAO: ELLX) . Aviation Safety Network . 17 August 2010.

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