Branhams Airport
6J7 · Darlington, South Carolina · Darlington County · map
Branhams Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Darlington, South Carolina, 166 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,200 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6J7
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 166 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1971
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,200 × 100 ft | Grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 65 ft high 528 ft from the end
- Runway 34: VASI, two boxes on the left, road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Darlington from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Darlington, South Carolina: 6 piston singles, 1 balloon. 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 · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- VFR operations only; all turns to be made west of airport.
- Airport rotating beacon out of service indefinitely.
- Activate VASI runway 16 and 34; low-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Mult close in obstructions to both ends of runway. Houses and trees.
- Runway 16 has right traffic only.
- Buildings 70 feet left and 125 feet right at end of threshold.
- Runway 34 has dirt road running through the rpz at the threshold.
- Slightly bumpy in some areas.
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.