Conway-Horry County Airport

      Conway-Horry County Airport
      IATA: noneICAO: KHYWFAA LID: HYW
      Summary
      Airport type Public
      Owner Horry County Department of Airports
      Serves Conway, South Carolina
      Location U.S. Route 378
      Elevation AMSL 35 ft / 11 m
      Coordinates 33°49′43″N 079°07′20″W / 33.82861°N 79.12222°W / 33.82861; -79.12222
      Runways
      Direction Length Surface
      ft m
      4/22 4,401 1,341 Asphalt
      Statistics (2007)
      Aircraft operations 43,050
      Based aircraft 39
      Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

      Conway-Horry County Airport (ICAO: KHYWFAA LID: HYW) 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.[1]

      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 2 runways and covers 265 acres (1.07 km2) 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 265 acres (107 ha) 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.[1]

      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.[1]

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      Last modified on 19 March 2013, at 16:07