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Fairfield County Airport (South Carolina)

Fairfield County Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Fairfield County
Serves Winnsboro, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL 577 ft / 176 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 5,003 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 17,000
Based aircraft 30
Aircraft operations 17,000
Based aircraft 30

Coordinates: 34°18′56″N 081°06′32″W / 34.31556°N 81.10889°W / 34.31556; -81.10889

Fairfield County Airport (ICAO: KFDWFAA LID: FDW) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Winnsboro, in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by Fairfield County.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Fairfield County Airport is assigned FDW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Fairfield County Airport covers an area of 159 acres (64 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (4/22) measuring 5,003 x 100 ft (1,525 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 1, 2007, the airport had 17,000 aircraft operations, an average of 46 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 2% military. There are 30 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single engine and 20% multi-engine. By June 1, 2009 there will be 30 T-Hangars on base.


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