Beaufort Executive
ARW · KARW · Beaufort, South Carolina · Beaufort County · map
Beaufort Executive is a public-use airport owned by the County of Beaufort, 3 miles southeast of Beaufort, South Carolina, 9 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,434 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ARW · ICAO KARW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Beaufort
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1973
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,434 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 65 ft high 1,181 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.725 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.125 | |
| Arw and aWOS-3 | 119.675 | |
| Savannah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 843-524-1000.
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 Beaufort from the FAA register
53 aircraft are registered to owners in Beaufort, South Carolina: 45 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 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 · 2 since 1982, 1 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.
- Deer, seagulls and geese on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 preset low intst; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) closed christmas and thanksgiving
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- Power lines 100 feet located 2400 feet southwest aer runway 7.
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.