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) and about 60 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,250 takeoffs and landings a year. About 41 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport?
Its FAA code is 3J1.
Where is Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport?
It is 1 mile northwest of Ridgeland, South Carolina, 85 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,200 feet long, asphalt.
Does Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Low Country Soaring Association. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport?
7 pilot examiners and 7 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- gliders, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Beaufort Executive (19 nm east), Hilton Head Airport (22 nm southeast), Hampton County (23 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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 52 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| other | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,250, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 1,032 |
| general aviation, local | 6,968 |
| military | 250 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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
Fuel and service companies in Ridgeland, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Low Country Soaring Association 4 aircraft · Ridgeland Lowcountry Soaring Association is a volunteer-based flying club in Ridgeland, South Carolina that promotes the sport of soaring (glider flying).
Repair stations in Ridgeland:
Companies in the same town as this airport, 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 13 engineering representatives, 90 training center evaluators, 1 training center examiner.
- Cynthia Hollman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Beaufort Executive Airport · Beaufort, SC (19 nm) · (843) 425-8063 · [email protected]
- Douglas Scott Carmody private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor · Beaufort, SC (19 nm) · (843) 929-7271 · [email protected]
- Matthew Cory Archer private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Beaufort Executive Airport · Beaufort, SC (19 nm) · (843) 263-9997 · [email protected]
- Elliot Neal Brandt private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Savannah, GA (25 nm) · (704) 441-1003 · [email protected]
- Laurie Lynn McCord private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Fly Corps Aviation · Savannah, GA (25 nm) · (859) 803-9857 · [email protected]
- Christopher Robert Peterson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Walterboro Lowcountry Airport · Walterboro, SC (31 nm) · (843) 224-1074 · [email protected]
- Donald Hay instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor · Summerville, SC (49 nm) · (843) 412-1999 · [email protected]
All 127 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Ridgeland 26 aircraft · 17 piston singles, 4 drones, 3 gliders
- Pinegar Aviation Services LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Atlas Surveying INC 4 aircraft in town
- Low Country Soaring Association 3 aircraft in town
- Pinegar Aviation Services LLC 4 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Low Country Soaring Association 4 aircraft · flying club
- Safetech USA INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 25 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- 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/3J1.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.