Melrose Landing Seaplane Base
2SC3 · Hilton Head, South Carolina · Beaufort County · map
Melrose Landing Seaplane Base is a private seaplane base owned by N.Y. Escape, INC., 8 miles southeast of Hilton Head, South Carolina, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2SC3
- Kind
- Seaplane base · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- N.Y. Escape, INC.
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1999
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06W/24W | 5,000 × 200 ft | Water |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Hilton Head Airport (10 nm northeast), Savannah/Hilton Head International (17 nm west), Beaufort Executive (20 nm northeast), Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport (22 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Hilton Head Airport (10 nm northeast), Savannah/Hilton Head International (17 nm west), Beaufort Executive (20 nm northeast), Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport (22 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in South Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR/pvt use, be aware of proximity to mtr VR-1040/1041.
- Seaplane base located on cooper creek.
- VFR daylight operations only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Hilton Head from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Hilton Head, South Carolina: 4 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Turrisi Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Hilton Head, 7 miles away Turrisi Flight Training is a flight school based in Hilton Head, South Carolina, offering customized pilot training including primary, instrument, and commercial flight instruction, as well as flight evaluations, ground school, and aircraft
- Palmetto Aces Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Hilton Head Island, 12 miles away
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hilton Head 5 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- Turrisi Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Palmetto Aces Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in South Carolina 1,035 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Carolina 67 landing places
- South Carolina 3,113 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/2SC3.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.