Darlington County Jetport

Darlington County Jetport (ICAO: KUDG, FAA LID: UDG) is a county-owned, public-use airport located nine nautical miles (10 mi, 17 km) north of the central business district of Darlington, a city in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] The airport does not have scheduled commercial airline service.

Darlington County Jetport

Hartsville Army Airfield
Orthophoto from USGS
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerDarlington County
ServesDarlington, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL192 ft / 59 m
Coordinates34°26′58″N 079°53′24″W
Map
UDG
Location of airport in South Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
10/28 4,947 1,508 Asphalt
16/34 4,751 1,448 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations8,200
Based aircraft11

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned UDG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

History

The airport was opened in October 1943. It was built by the United States Army Air Force, and known as Hartsville Army Airfield. It was used as an auxiliary training base for Florence Army Airfield, located 18 miles southeast. It was built as a bomber airfield, and supported A-20 Havocs, and later A-26 Invaders which were based at Florence. Its base unit was the 82nd Station Complement Squadron, which maintained the airfield and provided service to the aircraft.

Military use of the airfield ended early in 1945, and it was turned over to civil authorities which converted it into a civil airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Darlington County Jetport covers an area of 635 acres (257 ha) at an elevation of 192 feet (59 m) above mean sea level. It has three asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m); 10/28 is 4,947 by 150 feet (1,508 x 46 m); 16/34 is 4,751 by 150 feet (1,448 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 21, 2011, the airport had 8,200 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine and 18% jet.[1]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for UDG PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  3. "Darlington County Jetport (ICAO: KUDG, FAA: UDG, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 20, 2010.


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