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Anderson Regional Airport is a public airport 3 miles southwest of Anderson, in Anderson County, South Carolina. Anderson has no scheduled airline service or concourses for gates, and no control tower, but in 2007 one runway was paved an extra 1000ft to handle larger aircraft. It is one of the busiest airports in upstate South Carolina.FacilitiesAnderson Regional Airport covers 704acre and has two runways and two helipads: 5/23: 6002 x 150 ft Asphalt 17/35: 4,996 x 150 ft Asphalt H1: 50 x 50 ft Concrete H2: 50 x 50 ft Concrete Inflight Catering and support services- FBO Foods, Anderson SC. www.fbofoods.comNew Prospect Elementary School is across from the airport; the school mascot is the Jets. It is the headquarters of the Anderson County Civil Air Patrol.HistoryThe airport opened in September 1937. During World War II the airport was an auxiliary airfield for the United States Army Air Forces supporting the combat flight training at Greenville Army Airbase. Control of the airport was returned to local authorities in the fall of 1945. The Civilian Pilot Training for the Army Air Force was conducted there at the Anderson Airport and students from Clemson College participated in the flight training program.Eastern Airlines stopped at AND from 1947 until 1964; Southern left in 1971-75.