Aiken Regional Airport (IATA: AIK, ICAO: KAIK, FAA LID: AIK) is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) north of the central business district of Aiken, a city in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States.[1] The airport serves the general aviation community,[2] with no scheduled commercial airline service. Formerly, it was Aiken Air Force Station.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Aiken | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Aiken, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
Location | Aiken County, near Aiken, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 528 ft / 161 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°38′58″N 081°41′06″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | AikenRegionalAirport.com/... | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Aiken Regional Airport covers an area of 700 acres (280 ha) at an elevation of 528 feet (161 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 7/25 is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m) and 1/19 is 3,800 by 75 feet (1,158 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending 11 March 2019, the airport had 28,300 aircraft operations, an average of 78 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[1]