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 |
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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 | | 181/23.8 | | 248 | | 05W | | FRT | ..-. .-. - |
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: | tree, 20:1 slope to clear | | 76 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 |
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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 22 May 2009 | |
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 14 January 2010 at 0901Z and 11 February 2010 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| 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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| Aerial photo |
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 10-Feb-2010
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:53 | | 11:53 |
| Sunrise | | 07:19 | | 12:19 |
| Sunset | | 18:05 | | 23:05 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:31 | | 23:31 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 10-Feb-2010 05:30:19 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 10-Feb-2010 00:30:19 |
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| METAR |
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KGRD
18nm SW | 100456Z AUTO 25009G18KT 10SM CLR 03/M03 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP077 T00281028 401001006
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KEOE
19nm SE | 100515Z AUTO 26018G41KT 150V310 10SM CLR 03/00 A2974 RMK AO2
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KGSP
27nm NW | 100344Z 1004/1024 25012G22KT P6SM SCT025 BKN040 TEMPO 1004/1006 BKN025 BKN040 FM100600 28012G22KT P6SM SCT040 FM101600 30020G35KT P6SM FEW050
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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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