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Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field

34.72290°N
-80.85460°W
ARR / DAY
7
▼ 22.6%
DEP / DAY
6
▲ 33.3%

Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field (KLKR) is a small general aviation airport located in Lancaster, SC, 35 mi south of Charlotte. It features 1 runway measuring 6,004 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
4 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KLKR 191855Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 19/M00 A3031 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

6,004 FT MAX
06/24
6,004 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

24
54% of ops
105 land · 17 TO
06
46% of ops
89 land · 26 TO
Runway 24 carries 54% of operations (105 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

24 105 landings
UA 2%
06 89 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 24 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 105 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
10.7
flights/day · 321 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 6pm · 1pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–8pm local, averaging 10.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (6.8 vs 12.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 259 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725 —
APCH 120.050 —
APCH 307.800 —
UNICOM 122.725 —
AWOS 120.825 —
KERMIT D 120.050 —
WEAZL DP 120.050 —
LILLS DP 120.050 —
BEAVY DP 120.050 —
KWEEN DP 120.050 —
BOBZY DP 120.050 —
KRITR DP 120.050 —
ESTRR DP 120.050 —
BARMY DP 120.050 —
ICONS DP 120.050 —
KNIGHTS 120.050 —
JOJJO DP 120.050 —
KILNS DP 120.050 —
OTHER 120.050 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
OTHER 121.725 —
RASLN ST 126.150 —
OTHER 126.150 —
JOOLS ST 135.600 —
OTHER 135.600 —
RASLN ST 282.325 —
OTHER 282.325 —
KERMIT D 307.800 —
JOJJO DP 307.800 —
KILNS DP 307.800 —
ICONS DP 307.800 —
KNIGHTS 307.800 —
BOBZY DP 307.800 —
KRITR DP 307.800 —
BEAVY DP 307.800 —
WEAZL DP 307.800 —
BARMY DP 307.800 —
LILLS DP 307.800 —
KWEEN DP 307.800 —
ESTRR DP 307.800 —
OTHER 307.800 —
JOOLS ST 377.150 —
OTHER 377.150 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
7° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 23:17 UTC