FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 FEBRUARY 2024
Location
FAA Identifier: | LUX |
Lat/Long: | 34-30-25.6000N 081-56-49.0000W 34-30.426667N 081-56.816667W 34.5071111,-81.9469444 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 697.6 ft. / 212.6 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 07W (2015) |
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 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | ATLANTA CENTER |
FSS: | ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | AND (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-SAT 0900-1700, ALL SUN 1300-1700 |
Pattern altitude: | 1500.6 ft. MSL TPA: 803 FT AGL. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 08 & 26; MIRL RWY 08/26 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 08 & 26 OPR CONSLY. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3: | 123.975 (864-682-3639) |
GREER APPROACH: | 120.6 |
GREER DEPARTURE: | 120.6 |
WX AWOS-3PT at 35A (19 nm NE): | 119.45 (864-427-1514) |
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 135.35/263.125 (OWING RCAG) WHEN GREER APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
SPAr184/31.6 | | SPARTANBURG VORTAC | | 115.70 | | 02W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
UNION COUNTY | | 241/18.4 | | 326 | | 06W | | UOT | ..- --- - |
ENOREE | | 314/19.4 | | 278 | | 07W | | EOE | . --- . |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL 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: | 4051 x 75 ft. / 1235 x 23 m |
Surface: | concrete, in excellent condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
Latitude: | 34-30.325628N | | 34-30.527625N |
Longitude: | 081-57.201332W | | 081-56.432455W |
Elevation: | 697.2 ft. | | 693.1 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 079 magnetic, 072 true | | 259 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 (3.25 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 54 ft. tree, 1042 ft. from runway, 229 ft. left of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear | | 64 ft. tree, 1122 ft. from runway, 57 ft. right of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | LAURENS COUNTY 606 SOUTH ADAIR STREET CLINTON, SC 29360 Phone (864) 833-4304 |
Manager: | GIFFORD A. BOYTER 3985 TORRINGTON ROAD LAURENS, SC 29360 Phone (864) 923-3507 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 18 | Single engine airplanes: | | 17 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 1 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 60/week * | 63% | local general aviation | 28% | transient general aviation | 5% | military | 4% | air taxi | * for 12-month period ending 06 July 2023 | |
Additional Remarks
- | FOR CD CTC GREER APCH AT 864-877-8275. WHEN GREER APCH CLSD, FOR CD CTC ATLANTA ARTCC AT 770-210-7692. |
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 from 22 February 2024 at 0901Z to 21 March 2024 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08 | |
download (228KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 | |
download (206KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (141KB) |
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/Simpson Field (25 nm N)
KGYH - Donaldson Field Airport (26 nm NW)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Jim Austin
Photo taken 08-Dec-2012
looking north.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Laurens County Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 19-Mar-2024
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 07:07 | | 11:07 |
Sunrise | | 07:33 | | 11:33 |
Sunset | | 19:38 | | 23:38 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:03 | | 00:03 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 19-Mar-2024 10:51:50 |
Local (UTC-4) | 19-Mar-2024 06:51:50 |
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METAR |
KLUX | 191035Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 00/M06 A3010 RMK AO2
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KGRD 18nm SW | 190956Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M01/M07 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 T10061072 $
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KEOE 19nm SE | 191035Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 00/M08 A3014 RMK AO2
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TAF |
KGSP 27nm NW | 190523Z 1906/2006 33010G19KT P6SM SKC FM190800 31006KT P6SM SKC FM191700 23008KT P6SM SKC FM192000 23013G21KT P6SM SKC
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KGMU 29nm NW | 190523Z 1906/2006 33009G19KT P6SM SKC FM191000 31006KT P6SM SKC FM191700 23008KT P6SM SKC FM192100 24013G22KT P6SM SKC
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NOTAMs |
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