Walterboro Army Airfield
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Lowcountry Regional Airport Walterboro Army Airfield |
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Orthophoto from USGS
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Walterboro & Colleton County | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Walterboro, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 101 ft / 31 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°55′16″N 080°38′26″W / 32.92111°N 80.64056°WCoordinates: 32°55′16″N 080°38′26″W / 32.92111°N 80.64056°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | LowCountryAirport.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations | 28,000 |
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| Based aircraft | 22 |
Lowcountry Regional Airport (IATA: RBW, ICAO: KRBW, FAA LID: RBW) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Walterboro, a city in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by the city and county. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. It does not have scheduled commercial airline service.
The airport was dedicated June 15, 1933 as the C.C. Anderson Landing Field. In 1942 the United States Army Air Forces indicated a need for the airfield as a training airfield and control was turned over to the USAAF in February 1942. An immediate construction program began to turn the civil airport into a military airfield. Construction involved runways and airplane hangars, with three concrete runways, several taxiways and a large parking apron and a control tower. Several large hangars were also constructed. Buildings were ultimately utilitarian and quickly assembled. Most base buildings, not meant for long-term use, were constructed of temporary or semi-permanent materials. Although some hangars had steel frames and the occasional brick or tile brick building could be seen, most support buildings sat on concrete foundations but were of frame construction clad in little more than plywood and tarpaper. Walterboro Army Airfield was assigned to Third Air Force III Air Support Command, and activated on 1August 15, 1942. The 305th Air Base Group was the station host unit.
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