Laurens County Airport (ICAO: KLUX, FAA LID: LUX, formerly 34A) 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.[1]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Laurens County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Laurens, South Carolina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 697 ft / 212 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°30′25″N 081°56′50″W / 34.50694°N 81.94722°W | ||||||||||
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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 edit
Laurens County Airport covers an area of 78 acres (32 ha) 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).[1]
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.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for LUX PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Laurens County Airport (FAA: LUX, ICAO: KLUX)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ "Findel Airport, Luxembourg (IATA: LUX, ICAO: ELLX)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
External links edit
- Airport page at Laurens County website
- Laurens County Airport (LUX) information from SC Division of Aeronautics
- Aerial image as of 2 February 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for LUX, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for LUX
- AirNav airport information for KLUX
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures