FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 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 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 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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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 01-Dec-2009
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(UTC-5) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:50 | | 11:50 |
| Sunrise | | 07:17 | | 12:17 |
| Sunset | | 17:16 | | 22:16 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:44 | | 22:44 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 01-Dec-2009 05:24:23 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 01-Dec-2009 00:24:23 |
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| METAR |
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| KLUX | 010455Z AUTO 10SM CLR 05/02 A3004 RMK AO2
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KGRD
18nm SW | 010456Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM CLR 04/00 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP176 T00440000 401720039
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KEOE
19nm SE | 010455Z AUTO 10SM CLR 06/01 A3007 RMK AO2
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| TAF |
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KGSP
27nm NW | 302331Z 0100/0124 33005KT P6SM SCT050 FM010900 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM011500 20006KT P6SM SKC
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KGMU
29nm NW | 302336Z 0100/0124 36008KT P6SM FEW050 SCT250 FM010900 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM011500 20006KT P6SM SKC
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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