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KLUX
(formerly 34A)
Laurens County Airport
Laurens, South Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 DECEMBER 2009

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 -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving 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 1300-1800
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
GRDr035/18.4GREENWOOD VORTAC115.5001W
SPAr184/31.6SPARTANBURG VORTAC115.7002W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
LAURENSat field30704WLUX .-.. ..- -..-
CORONACA028/16.723904WGIW --. .. .--
UNION COUNTY239/18.432604WUOT ..- --- -
ENOREE312/19.427805WEOE . --- .
FAIRMONT181/23.824805WFRT ..-. .-. -

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: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 34-30.325633N34-30.519983N
Longitude: 081-57.201317W081-56.461400W
Elevation: 696.7 ft.693.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.4%0.4%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 076 magnetic, 072 true256 magnetic, 252 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)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: tree, 20:1 slope to clear76 ft. tree, 1426 ft. from runway, 177 ft. right of centerline, 16:1 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: JIMMY SPENCER
P.O.BOX 46
LAURENS, SC 29360
Phone 864-984-0248

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 13
Single engine airplanes: 13
    
Aircraft operations: avg 105/week *
76% local general aviation
18% transient general aviation
3% military
3% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 22 May 2009

Additional Remarks

E67 NAVD88

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 14 January 2010 at 0901Z and 11 February 2010 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 08   download (171KB)

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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From to KLUX

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 10-Feb-2010
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5311:53
Sunrise07:1912:19
Sunset18:0523:05
Evening civil twilight18:3123:31

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Feb-2010 05:30:19
Local (UTC-5)  10-Feb-2010 00:30:19
 
METAR
KGRD 
18nm SW 
100456Z AUTO 25009G18KT 10SM CLR 03/M03 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP077 T00281028 401001006
KEOE 
19nm SE 
100515Z AUTO 26018G41KT 150V310 10SM CLR 03/00 A2974 RMK AO2
TAF
KGSP 
27nm NW 
100344Z 1004/1024 25012G22KT P6SM SCT025 BKN040 TEMPO 1004/1006 BKN025 BKN040 FM100600 28012G22KT P6SM SCT040 FM101600 30020G35KT P6SM FEW050
KGMU 
29nm NW 
100333Z 1004/1024 25012G22KT P6SM SCT025 BKN040 TEMPO 1004/1006 BKN025 BKN040 FM100600 28012G22KT P6SM SCT040 FM101600 30020G35KT P6SM FEW050
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Laurens County (FBO) 864-682-9620
no information available

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100LL
AS $3.50 
 Updated 27-Jan-2010
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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Hotels near Laurens County Airport

Miles Price ($)
AMERICAS BEST INNS LAURENS 3.9 55-56
CLINTON-DAYS INN INTERSTATE/PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 4.9 47-62
HOWARD JOHNSON CLINTON 5.0 50-59
QUALITY INN CLINTON 5.0 65-70
COMFORT SUITES CLINTON 5.1 90-91
HAMPTON STES CLINTON I 26 5.8 99-124

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 Laurens County Airport

1 in Laurens
5 in Clinton
 

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