KDCM Chester Catawba Regional Airport
Chester, SC · 5 miles N of CHESTER, SC
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KDCM
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 656.6 ft
- Coordinates
- 34-47-21.6000N 081-11-44.8000W
- Lat / Long
- 34.7893333, -81.1957778
- Mag. variation
- 06W (2000)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 12/1943
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- AND (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- MON-SAT 0900-1800, ALL SUN 1300-1800
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT PAPI RWY 17 & 35; MIRL RWY 17/35 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KDCM
Runways
Longest 5000 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 30.0
Runway 17
- Heading
- 174 magnetic, 168 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 656.6 ft.
- Obstructions
- 73 ft. tree, 1800 ft. from runway, 452 ft. right of centerline, 21:1 slope to clear
Runway 35
- Heading
- 354 magnetic, 348 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 636.1 ft.
- Obstructions
- 65 ft. tree, 2113 ft. from runway, 287 ft. left of centerline, 29:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 4998 x 100 ft. / 1523 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in poor condition RWY 05/23 PCI RATING 40 VERY POOR.
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 4.0
Runway 5
- Heading
- 061 magnetic, 055 true
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 949 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 641.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- 78 ft. tree, 1433 ft. from runway, 223 ft. left of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear
Runway 23
- Heading
- 241 magnetic, 235 true
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 620.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 29 ft. tree, 310 ft. from runway, 87 ft. right of centerline, 3:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 5
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.7
- Wx Awos-3
- 120.975 (803-385-2011)
- Charlotte Approach
- 120.05
- Charlotte Departure
- 120.05
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:FOR FUEL OR ANY SVC AFT HRS CALL 803-385-6664.
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:FOR FUEL OR ANY SVC AFT HRS CALL 803-385-6664.
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- NONE
- Powerplant service
- NONE
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Owner
- COUNTY OF CHESTER P.O. BOX 594 CHESTER, SC 29706 Phone (803) 385-3154
- Manager phone
- 803-385-6664
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.