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KLQK Pickens County Airport
Pickens, South Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012

Location

FAA Identifier: LQK
Lat/Long: 34-48-35.9000N / 082-42-10.4000W
34-48.598333N / 082-42.173333W
34.8099722 / -82.7028889
(estimated)
Elevation: 1013 ft. / 308.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04W (1995)
From city: 4 miles S of PICKENS, SC
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 29657

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: AND (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RWY 5/23 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 120.0 (864-843-5801)
GREER APPROACH: 118.8
GREER DEPARTURE: 118.8
WX ASOS at CEU (12 nm SW): 119.275 (864-882-0144)
WX AWOS-3 at GYH (16 nm E): 127.325 (864-277-5674)
WX ASOS at GMU (18 nm E): 127.075 (864-239-0014)
WX ASOS at AND (19 nm S): 120.675 (864-226-9522)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ATLANTA ARTCC ON FREQS 134.8/307.9 (MOUNT OGLETHORPE RCAG) WHEN APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ELWr010/23.8ELECTRIC CITY VORTAC108.6000E
ODFr077/30.1FOOTHILLS VORTAC113.4000E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
LAKE KEOWEEat field40804WLQK .-.. --.- -.-
CLEMSON053/12.225705WCEU -.-. . ..-
DYANA302/14.633803WGY --. -.--
BROAD RIVER206/30.037904WBRA -... .-. .-
FAIRMONT266/35.724805WFRT ..-. .-. -

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 5/23

Dimensions: 5002 x 100 ft. / 1525 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 35.0
Double wheel: 65.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Latitude: 34-48.301308N34-48.895338N
Longitude: 082-42.519282W082-41.826300W
Elevation: 963.7 ft.1013.4 ft.
Gradient: 0.9%0.9%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 048 magnetic, 044 true228 magnetic, 224 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)
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: PICKENS COUNTY
222 MCDANIEL AVE; B-2
PICKENS, SC 29671
Phone 843-878-7800
Manager: SKEETS COOPER
240 AIRPORT ROAD
29657
Phone 864-843-5803

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 34
Single engine airplanes: 31
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Helicopters: 1
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 63/day *
50% local general aviation
48% transient general aviation
2% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 02 July 2010

Additional Remarks

E67 NAVD88
NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE IN EFFECT, PHONE 864-843-5803.

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.

 
STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals
UNMAN ONE (RNAV)   download (180KB)
WHTTL ONE (RNAV)   download (153KB)
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 05   download (295KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 23   download (307KB)
VOR/DME-A   download (227KB)
NDB RWY 05   download (236KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (78KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KCEU - Oconee County Regional Airport (12 nm SW)
KGYH - Donaldson Center Airport (16 nm E)
KGMU - Greenville Downtown Airport (18 nm E)
KAND - Anderson Regional Airport (19 nm S)
KGSP - Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (24 nm E)
 
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Aerial photo
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From to KLQK

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-Feb-2012
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5411:54
Sunrise07:2012:20
Sunset18:1123:11
Evening civil twilight18:3623:36

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Feb-2012 06:49:49
Local (UTC-5)  13-Feb-2012 01:49:49
 
METAR
KLQK 130555Z AUTO 10SM CLR M05/M08 A3022 RMK AO2 T10551084 10246 21099 402461099
KCEU 
12nm SW 
130554Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/M10 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP247 T00111100 10050 20000 58007
KGYH 
16nm E 
130555Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM CLR 01/M11 A3024 RMK AO2
KGMU 
18nm E 
130553Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 00/M11 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP247 T00001111 10039 20000 50000
KAND 
19nm S 
130556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M03/M09 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP247 T10331094 10033 21033 58000
TAF
KGMU 
18nm E 
130525Z 1306/1406 32006KT P6SM SKC FM131600 22004KT P6SM FEW230 FM140000 20004KT P6SM BKN200
KAND 
19nm S 
130525Z 1306/1406 31004KT P6SM SKC FM131700 18004KT P6SM FEW210 FM140300 VRB03KT P6SM BKN250
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
 Pickens County Airport
UNICOM 122.80
864-843-5803
[web site]
[email]
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100LL Jet A
FS $5.40 $4.65 
SS $5.00 --- 
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FS $5.25 $4.50 
 
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SS=Self service
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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8 in Clemson
3 in Seneca
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