Aiken Municipal Airport

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Aiken Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) north of the central business district of Aiken, a city in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. The airport serves the general aviation community, with no scheduled commercial airline service. Formerly, it was Aiken Air Force StationFacilities and aircraftAiken Municipal Airport covers an area of 700acre at an elevation of 528 feet (161 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 7/25 is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m) and 1/19 is 3,800 by 75 feet (1,158 x 23 m).For the 12-month period ending July 24, 2008, the airport had 43,900 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 23% multi-engine and 7% jet.