Aiken Regional
AIK · KAIK · Aiken, South Carolina · Aiken County · map
Aiken Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Aiken, 5 miles north of Aiken, South Carolina, 528 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KAIK · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 5 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (25°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:24 pm EDT (17:24 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 9 knots, gusting to 16, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAIK 061935Z AUTO 04005G15KT 10SM CLR 25/13 A3006 RMK AO2 T02540127
TAF KAIK 061724Z 0618/0718 07009G16KT P6SM FEW050 FM070000 06004KT P6SM FEW250 FM071400 05006KT P6SM FEW250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AIK · ICAO KAIK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Aiken
- Elevation
- 528 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1943
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 3,800 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 07: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
- Runway 01: tree 55 ft high 574 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery When augusta approach control closed | 126.075 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.15 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.15 | |
| Aik and aWOS-3PT | 118.025 | |
| Aiken and rco | 122.2 | Aiken |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 803-643-8664.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Aiken from the FAA register
58 aircraft are registered to owners in Aiken, South Carolina: 39 piston singles, 9 turboprops, 4 helicopters, 3 piston twins, 1 gyroplane. 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 · 8 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
- Activate odals runway 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 07 and 25 oper continuously.
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.