FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012
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
PAPI RY 08, RY 26 OPER CONT. ACTVT MIRL RY 08/26 AND REIL 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 |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| LAURENS | | at field | | 307 | | 04W | | LUX | .-.. ..- -..- |
| CORONACA | | 028/16.7 | | 239 | | 04W | | GIW | --. .. .-- |
| UNION COUNTY | | 239/18.4 | | 326 | | 04W | | UOT | ..- --- - |
| ENOREE | | 312/19.4 | | 278 | | 05W | | EOE | . --- . |
| FAIRMONT | | 180/23.7 | | 248 | | 05W | | FRT | ..-. .-. - |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL
SELF SVC 24 HR FUEL WITH CREDIT CARD. |
| 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) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
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: | | 11 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 11 |
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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 01 July 2010 | |
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 9 February 2012 at 0901Z and 8 March 2012 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| GPS RWY 08 | |
download (174KB) |
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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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 13-Feb-2012
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:50 | | 11:50 |
| Sunrise | | 07:16 | | 12:16 |
| Sunset | | 18:08 | | 23:08 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:34 | | 23:34 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 13-Feb-2012 08:32:32 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 13-Feb-2012 03:32:32 |
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| METAR |
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| KLUX | 130755Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR M02/M09 A3025 RMK AO2
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KGRD
18nm SW | 130756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M06/M11 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP250 T10561106
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KEOE
19nm SE | 130755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M04/M08 A3028 RMK AO2
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| TAF |
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KGSP
27nm NW | 130525Z 1306/1406 32005KT P6SM SKC FM131600 22004KT P6SM FEW240 FM131900 21008KT P6SM SCT210 FM140000 20004KT P6SM BKN200
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KGMU
29nm NW | 130525Z 1306/1406 32006KT P6SM SKC FM131600 22004KT P6SM FEW230 FM140000 20004KT P6SM BKN200
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| NOTAMs |
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