Berkeley County Airport

Airport in South Carolina, U.S.
33°11′08″N 080°02′10″W / 33.18556°N 80.03611°W / 33.18556; -80.03611Websiteberkeleycountysc.gov/...Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 4,351 1,326 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations8,100
Based aircraft33
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Berkeley County SC - Airport

[citation needed]Berkeley County Airport (ICAO: KMKS, FAA LID: MKS, formerly 50J) is a county-owned public-use airport in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. It is located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Moncks Corner, South Carolina.[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MKS by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned MKS to Mekane Selam Airport in Ethiopia[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

The Berkeley County government took over the FBO at the airport on July 1, 1999. The airport covers an area of 236 acres (96 ha) at an elevation of 73 feet (22 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,326 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending November 15, 2019, the airport had 8,100 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 92% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, and 3% jet.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for MKS PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Berkeley County Airport (FAA: MKS, ICAO: KMKS)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Mekane Selam Airport, Ethiopia (IATA: MKS, ICAO: HAMA)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

External links

  • Airport page at Berkeley County website
  • Berkeley County Airport (MKS) information from SC Division of Aeronautics
  • Aerial image as of 14 February 1994 from USGS The National Map
  • FAA Terminal Procedures for MKS, effective April 18, 2024
  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for MKS
    • AirNav airport information for KMKS
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures