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KGRD Greenwood County Airport
Greenwood, South Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: GRD
Lat/Long: 34-14-55.4000N / 082-09-32.7000W
34-14.923333N / 082-09.545000W
34.2487222 / -82.1590833
(estimated)
Elevation: 631 ft. / 192.3 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04W (1985)
From city: 3 miles N of GREENWOOD, SC
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 29649

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 11/1943
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: GRD (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-SAT 0800-1800, ALL SUN 1100-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 09/27 PRESET ON MED INTST DUSK-2300; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT REIL RYS 09 & 27 - CTAF. AFTER 2300, ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27 AND REIL RYS 09 & 27 AND ODALS RY 27 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX ASOS: 121.125 (864-388-9115)
GREER APPROACH: 120.6
GREER DEPARTURE: 120.6
WX AWOS-3 at LUX (19 nm NE): 123.975 (864-682-3639)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ATLANTA ARTCC ON FREQS 135.35/322.4 (OWING RCAG) WHEN APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GRD at fieldGREENWOOD VORTAC115.5001W
IRQr004/32.5COLLIERS VORTAC113.9004W
ELWr108/32.6ELECTRIC CITY VORTAC108.6000E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CORONACA269/3.623904WGIW --. .. .--
LAURENS218/18.730704WLUX .-.. ..- -..-
ENOREE267/26.227805WEOE . --- .
UNION COUNTY228/36.532604WUOT ..- --- -

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: MINOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 5003 x 100 ft. / 1525 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Double wheel: 57.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 34-14.889483N34-14.958467N
Longitude: 082-10.039283W082-09.049483W
Elevation: 628.8 ft.620.3 ft.
Gradient: 0.4%0.4%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 089 magnetic, 085 true269 magnetic, 265 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Approach lights: ODALS: omnidirectional approach lighting system
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 58 ft. tree, 1455 ft. from runway, 217 ft. right of centerline, 21:1 slope to clearnone

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: GREENWOOD COUNTY
600 MONUMENT STREET
GREENWOOD, SC 29646
Phone 864-942-8502
Manager: LARRY SMITH
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
GREENWOOD, SC 29649
Phone 864-942-8556
FBO PHONE 864-942-9634

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 38
Single engine airplanes: 29
Multi engine airplanes: 8
Helicopters: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 110/day *
62% local general aviation
35% transient general aviation
2% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 27 February 2009

Additional Remarks

E67 NAVD88
TWY A PARALLEL TO RY 09/27; GRADE EXTREME WITH DROPOFFS EACH SIDE OF TWY.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
VOR OR GPS RWY 09   download (243KB)
VOR RWY 27   download (282KB)
NDB OR GPS RWY 27   download (265KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (23KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (56KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KLUX - Laurens County Airport (19 nm NE)
KEOE - Newberry County Airport (26 nm E)
KAND - Anderson Regional Airport (31 nm NW)
KGYH - Donaldson Center Airport (32 nm N)
27A - Elbert County Airport-Patz Field (34 nm W)
 
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From to KGRD

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3111:31
Sunrise06:5711:57
Sunset17:2822:28
Evening civil twilight17:5422:54

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Nov-2009 20:06:11
Local (UTC-5)  09-Nov-2009 15:06:11
 
METAR
KGRD 091956Z AUTO 02007KT 10SM CLR 19/13 A3033 RMK AO2 SLP267 T01940128
KLUX 
19nm NE 
091955Z AUTO 10SM CLR 18/15 A3033 RMK AO2
TAF
KAND 
31nm NW 
091729Z 0918/1018 05004KT P6SM SCT130 BKN200 FM100600 03006KT P6SM FEW012 SCT022 OVC120 FM101100 03008KT 6SM -RA SCT005 OVC010 FM101500 04010KT 5SM RA SCT005 OVC010
KGMU 
37nm N 
091729Z 0918/1018 04004KT P6SM SCT130 OVC250 FM100700 03006KT P6SM FEW012 SCT022 OVC120 FM101200 03008KT 6SM -RA SCT006 OVC012 FM101600 04010KT 5SM RA SCT006 OVC012
KGSP 
39nm N 
091729Z 0918/1018 04004KT P6SM SCT130 OVC250 FM100700 03006KT P6SM FEW012 SCT022 OVC120 FM101200 03008KT 6SM -RA SCT006 OVC012 FM101600 04010KT 5SM RA SCT006 OVC012
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Greenwood County Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Greenwood County Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into KGRD have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
ECONO LODGE GREENWOOD 3.4 57-60
FAIRFIELD INN GREENWOOD 3.4 104-109
 

Other hotels near Greenwood County Airport

Miles Price ($)
JAMESON INN GREENWOOD 2.1 75-76
HAMPTON INN GREENWOOD SC 2.2 104-159
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES GREENWOOD 2.6 99-152
DAYS INN GREENWOOD SC 2.8 49-60
CLARION COLLECTION INN ON THE SQUARE 4.1 95-103

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Greenwood County Airport

7 in Greenwood
1 in Laurens
 

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