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Beaufort County Airport

32.41220°N
-80.63440°W
ARR / DAY
12
35.0%
DEP / DAY
13
79.6%

Beaufort County Airport (KARW/BFT) is a small general aviation airport located in Beaufort, SC, 35 mi north east of Savannah. It features 1 runway measuring 3,434 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 12 arrivals and 13 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KHXD, 13 mi away — KARW does not publish METAR

54m ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
9 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KHXD 062350Z 23009G16KT 190V270 10SM TS BKN021 BKN055 30/24 A3000 RMK LTG DSNT W

Runways

1 installed

3,434 FT MAX
07/25
3,434 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

25
52% of ops
125 land · 79 TO
07
48% of ops
117 land · 113 TO
Runway 25 carries 52% of operations (125 landings, 79 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 48%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

25 125 landings
UA 3%GA 0.8%
07 117 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 25 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 125 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy — hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
12.8
flights/day · 384 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 12.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (13.6 vs 13.1 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here — top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (32% of 286 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 125.125
APCH 292.125
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 119.675
CD/P 121.725
OTHER 121.725
OTHER 132.925
SAVANNAH 132.925
OTHER 363.200
SAVANNAH 363.200
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Elevation:
9 ft
Mag var:
7° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

1
Komatoast
01/24/2009
Fly In For Seafood
Anywhere in the vicinity... stop in here for fuel and fish. They'll give you a short ride into town to eat at Barbara Jeans Restaurant. Unbelievable value... you'll have to recheck your weight and balance after doing lunch at this place. They also have cheap self service fuel. Highly recommended.
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