FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | LUX |
| Lat/Long: | 34-30-25.4000N / 081-56-49.9000W
34-30.423333N / 081-56.831667W
34.5070556 / -81.9471944
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 697 ft. / 212.4 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 04W (1985) |
| From city: | 3 miles E of LAURENS, SC |
| Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 29360 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 11/1963 |
| Sectional chart: | ATLANTA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ATLANTA CENTER |
| FSS: | ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | AND (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-SAT 1000-1800, ALL SUN 1200-1800 |
| Pattern altitude: | 1500 ft. MSL |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 08/26 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 123.975 (864-682-3639) |
| GREER APPROACH: | 120.6 |
| GREER DEPARTURE: | 120.6 |
| WX ASOS at GRD (19 nm SW): | 121.125 (864-388-9115) |
| WX AWOS-3 at EOE (19 nm SE): | 124.275 (803-276-2419) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ATLANTA ARTCC ON FREQS 135.35/322.4 (OWING RCAG) WHEN GREER APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| GRDr035/18.4 | | GREENWOOD VORTAC | | 115.50 | | 01W |
| SPAr184/31.6 | | SPARTANBURG VORTAC | | 115.70 | | 02W |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL |
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 8/26
| Dimensions: | 3898 x 75 ft. / 1188 x 23 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
| Latitude: | 34-30.325633N | | 34-30.519983N |
| Longitude: | 081-57.201317W | | 081-56.461400W |
| Elevation: | 696.7 ft. | | 693.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.4% | | 0.4% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 076 magnetic, 072 true | | 256 magnetic, 252 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, 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) |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 38 ft. tree, 737 ft. from runway, 293 ft. right of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear | | 73 ft. tree, 1263 ft. from runway, 155 ft. right of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | LAURENS COUNTY
PO BOX 445
LAURENS, SC 29360
Phone 864-984-5484 |
| Manager: | GEORGE WHAM, CHAIRMAN
606 S. ADAIR ST.
CLINTON, SC 29325
Phone 864-833-4304 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 12 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 12 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 105/week * | | 76% | local general aviation | | 18% | transient general aviation | | 3% | military | | 3% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 26 July 2007 | |
Additional Remarks
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 28 August 2008 at 0901Z and 25 September 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| GPS RWY 08 | |
download (167KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
35A - Union County Airport, Troy Shelton Field (19 nm NE)
KGRD - Greenwood County Airport (19 nm SW)
KEOE - Newberry County Airport (19 nm SE)
KSPA - Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (25 nm N)
KGYH - Donaldson Center Airport (26 nm NW)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 08-Sep-2008
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(UTC-4) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:42 | | 10:42 |
| Sunrise | | 07:08 | | 11:08 |
| Sunset | | 19:43 | | 23:43 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:08 | | 00:08 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 08-Sep-2008 12:29:45 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 08-Sep-2008 08:29:45 |
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| METAR |
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KGRD
18nm SW | 081221Z AUTO 02004KT 2 1/2SM BR CLR 22/21 A3015 RMK AO2
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KGYH
26nm NW | 081150Z 05004KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A3015
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KGSP
27nm NW | 081153Z 02005KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP197 T02220178 10239 20222 53013
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KGMU
29nm NW | 081153Z 02010KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP204 T02280183 10244 20228 53013
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| TAF |
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KGSP
27nm NW | 081134Z 081212 04006KT P6SM SCT250 FM1900 12006KT P6SM SCT050 BKN250 FM0000 14003KT P6SM SCT050 BKN250
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KGMU
29nm NW | 081134Z 081212 03008KT P6SM SCT250 FM1900 10008KT P6SM SCT050 BKN250 FM0000 07004KT P6SM SCT050 BKN250
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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