Lancaster County Airport

Airport

Lancaster County Airport

McWhirter Field

* IATA: none
* ICAO: KLKR
* FAA LID: LKR

Summary
Airport type| Public
Owner| Lancaster County
Serves| Lancaster, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL| 486 ft / 148 m
Coordinates| 34°43′22″N 080°51′17″W﻿ / ﻿34.72278°N 80.85472°W﻿ / 34.72278; -80.85472
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LKR

Location of airport in South Carolina

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LKR

LKR (the United States)

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Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
|

ft  | m
6/24  | 6,004  | 1,830  | Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
| Aircraft operations| 23,850

|

Based aircraft| 49

Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Lancaster County Airport (ICAO: KLKR, FAA LID: LKR), also known as McWhirter Field, is a county-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) west of the central business district of Lancaster, in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LKR by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned LKR to Las Khoreh in Somalia[3]).

## Facilities and aircraft

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Lancaster County Airport covers an area of 301 acres (122 ha) at an elevation of 486 feet (148 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,004 by 100 feet (1,830 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 22, 2009, the airport had 23,850 aircraft operations, an average of 65 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 49 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[1]

Lancaster County Airport is operated by Lancaster Aviation and provides fuel, maintenance and a terminal facility.

## See also

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* List of airports in South Carolina

## References

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1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for LKR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.
2. ^ "Lancaster County Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KLKR, FAA: LKR)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
3. ^ "Las Khoreh Airport, Somalia (IATA: LKR)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 22 March 2010.

## External links

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* Aerial photo as of 20 February 1994 from USGS The National Map
* FAA Terminal Procedures for LKR, effective August 8, 2024
* Resources for this airport:
* FAA airport information for LKR
* AirNav airport information for KLKR
* FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
* NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
* SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures