Beaufort Executive Airport (IATA: BFT, ICAO: KARW, FAA LID: ARW, formerly 73J) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.[1] The airport is located on Lady's Island,[2] 3 nautical miles (5.6 kilometres) southeast of the central business district of Beaufort, South Carolina.[1] It is also known as Frogmore Intranational Airport.[3]

Beaufort Executive Airport
IATA: BFT ICAO: KARW FAA LID: ARW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	County of Beaufort
Serves	Lady's Island
Elevation AMSL	9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	32°24′44″N 080°38′04″W
Website	www.beaufortcountyairport.com/...
Map
ARW Location of airport in South Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 3,434 1,047 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations 18,000 Based aircraft 36
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[4]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ARW by the FAA[1] and BFT by the IATA[5][6] (which assigned ARW to Arad Airport in Arad, Romania)[7][8]

Beaufort is also known for hosting Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (ICAO: KNBC, FAA LID: NBC), located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Beaufort County Airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Beaufort Executive Airport covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 9 feet (2.7 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,434 feet (1,047 m) by 75 feet (23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending 3 July 2018, the airport had 18,000 aircraft operations, on average 49 per day: 97.4% general aviation and 2.6% air taxi. At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, and 11% helicopter.[1]

Cargo airlines

References

External links

• Beaufort Executive Airport at Beaufort County website
• FAA Terminal Procedures for ARW, effective April 21, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for ARW
  • AirNav airport information for KARW
  • ASN accident history for BFT
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures