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KGRD Greenwood County Airport
Greenwood, South Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008

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 -4 (UTC -5 during Standard 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 . --- .
ANDERSON COUNTY123/31.123004WAND .- -. -..
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: 55 ft. tree, 1456 ft. from runway, 216 ft. right of centerline, 22:1 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 06 March 2008

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 25 September 2008 at 0901Z and 23 October 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
VOR OR GPS RWY 09   download (245KB)
VOR RWY 27   download (237KB)
NDB OR GPS RWY 27   download (249KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums 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 08-Oct-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0511:05
Sunrise07:3011:30
Sunset19:0223:02
Evening civil twilight19:2723:27

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Oct-2008 11:01:19
Local (UTC-4)  08-Oct-2008 07:01:19
 
METAR
KGRD 081056Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC029 17/14 A3015 RMK AO2 RAB25E35 SLP203 P0000 T01670144
TAF
KAND 
31nm NW 
080826Z 080806 09005KT P6SM VCSH OVC015 TEMPO 0812 SCT015 OVC050 FM1200 07006KT 5SM -SHRA BR OVC015 FM1700 06007KT 4SM -RA BR OVC009
KGMU 
37nm N 
080531Z 080606 02006KT P6SM BKN025 OVC250 TEMPO 0610 6SM BR SCT025 OVC250 FM1000 06005KT 4SM BR OVC015 TEMPO 1014 6SM BR SCT015 OVC025 FM1500 06006KT 5SM BR VCSH OVC009 FM1900 05007KT 4SM -RA BR OVC009 FM0000 05007KT 4SM -RA BR OVC005
KGSP 
39nm N 
080531Z 080606 02006KT P6SM BKN025 OVC250 TEMPO 0610 6SM BR SCT025 OVC250 FM1000 06005KT 4SM BR OVC015 TEMPO 1014 6SM BR SCT015 OVC025 FM1400 06006KT 5SM BR VCSH OVC009 FM2000 05006KT 4SM -RA BR OVC009
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
 Buzz Aviation
864-942-9634
Aviation fuel, Passenger terminal and lounge, Aircraft charters, Catering, Pilot supplies, Rental cars, Courtesy transportation, ...

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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 60-61
FAIRFIELD INN GREENWOOD 3.1 101-119
 

Other hotels near Greenwood County Airport

Miles Price ($)
JAMESON INN GREENWOOD 2.1 78-90
HAMPTON INN GREENWOOD 2.2 106-125
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.
    

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6 in Greenwood
 

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