Twin City Airport
5J9 · Loris, South Carolina · Horry County · map
Twin City Airport is a public-use airport owned by Horry County, 3 miles northeast of Loris, South Carolina, 99 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,694 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5J9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Horry County
- Elevation
- 99 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,694 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: threshold displaced 200 ft, road 17 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 26: S2L, trees 85 ft high 660 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.2 | |
| Myrtle Beach Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.375 |
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Aircraft registered in Loris from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Loris, South Carolina: 8 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR use only.
- 30 feet power line 180 feet south of runway 08-26.
- Runway 08 roadway and 50 feet trees 150 to 175 feet R; dist 0 to 200 feet from runway. Aircraft act apn 150 feet R, dist 0 to 125 feet from runway.
- Trees 63 feet from runway end 60 feet high and 210 feet L of centerline.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.