KLKR Lancaster County Airport-Mc Whirter Field
Lancaster, SC · 4 miles W of LANCASTER, SC
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KLKR
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 485.9 ft
- Coordinates
- 34-43-22.4558N 080-51-16.5243W
- Lat / Long
- 34.7229044, -80.8545901
- Mag. variation
- 07W (2000)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 08/1970
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- AND (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0730-1500
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT REIL RWY 06 & 24; MIRL RWY 06/24 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 06 & 24 OPR CONSLY.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KLKR
Runways
Longest 6,004 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6004 x 101 ft. / 1830 x 31 m
- Surface
- concrete, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- PCN 15 /R/B/X/T Single wheel
Runway 6
- Heading
- 066 magnetic, 059 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 105 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 459.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 17 ft. tree, 629 ft. from runway, 101 ft. left of centerline, 25:1 slope to clear
Runway 24
- Heading
- 246 magnetic, 239 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.15 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 485.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- 150 ft. tree, 4473 ft. from runway, 473 ft. left of centerline, 28:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 17
- BARMY SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- BEAVY EIGHT (RNAV) ↗
- BOBZY SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- ESTRR SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- ICONS SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- JOJJO SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- KERMIT SIX ↗
- KERMIT SIX, CONT.1 ↗
- KILNS SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- KNIGHTS FIVE ↗
- KNIGHTS FIVE, CONT.1 ↗
- KRITR EIGHT (RNAV) ↗
- KWEEN SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- LILLS FIVE (RNAV) ↗
- WEAZL SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- TAKEOFF MINIMUMS ↗
- ALTERNATE MINIMUMS ↗
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
- 122.725
- Wx Awos-3
- 120.825 (803-286-6444)
- Charlotte Approach
- 120.05
- Charlotte Departure
- 120.05
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:FOR FUEL AFT HRS CALL 803-285-1513
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:FOR FUEL AFT HRS CALL 803-285-1513
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- NONE
- Powerplant service
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Owner
- LANCASTER COUNTY P.O.BOX 1809 LANCASTER, SC 29721 Phone 803-285-1565
- Manager phone
- (803) 285-1513
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.