Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport
3J1 · Ridgeland, South Carolina · Jasper County · map
Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Jasper, 1 mile northwest of Ridgeland, South Carolina, 85 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3J1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Jasper
- Elevation
- 85 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Sunday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1942
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,200 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| 3J1 AWOS-3PT | 118.450 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 843-547-8419.
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 Ridgeland from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Ridgeland, South Carolina: 17 piston singles, 4 drones, 3 gliders, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 25 since 1982, 2 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
- Airport existed prior to 1958.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; to incr intst the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36 operates continuously dusk to dawn.
- Skyblue aviation the FBO (fixed-base operator).
- Jet a with prist.
- Tree, 10 feet tall, 166 feet from threshold, 125 feet left of centerline
- Runway 18 PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess left of rcl.
- 50 feet trees 100-150 feet right of centerline 1000 feet from threshold.
- Glider operations in the vicinity of airport.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) located MID-FLD.
- Runway 36 calm wind runway.
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.