Union County, Troy Shelton Field
35A · Union, South Carolina · Union County · map
Union County, Troy Shelton Field is a public-use airport owned by Union County, 1 mile southwest of Union, South Carolina, 610 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,508 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 35A
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Union County
- Elevation
- 610 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,508 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.4 | |
| 35A AWOS-3PT | 119.45 | |
| Owing and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 864-427-1514.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Union from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Union, South Carolina: 4 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway end identifier lights runway 23 operates photocell. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 preset med intst DUSK-0000; after 0000 activate - the common traffic frequency. Activate PAPI runway 05 and 23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Trees CLOSE-IN, 142 feet from runway end both sides of runway 5 approach 112 feet from centerline.
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 5, 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.