Barnwell Regional
BNL · KBNL · Barnwell, South Carolina · Barnwell County · map
Barnwell Regional is a public-use airport owned by Barnwell County, 1 mile northwest of Barnwell, South Carolina, 246 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,119 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)).
Weather right now KBNL · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 7 knots, gusting to 13
- Visibility 6 miles
- Weather: haze
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBNL 062055Z AUTO 05007G13KT 6SM HZ CLR 26/12 A3001 RMK AO2
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 BNL · ICAO KBNL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Barnwell County
- Elevation
- 246 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,119 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 4,526 × 70 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), right-hand traffic pattern, tree 90 ft high 2,606 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 68 ft high 1,374 ft from the end
- Runway 23: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bnl and aWOS-3PT | 119.775 | |
| Apt Remark 1 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 through zjx clearance delivery. |
| Millen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 803-259-4536.
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 Barnwell from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Barnwell, South Carolina: 7 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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 · 6 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
- Airport existed prior to 1958.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through zjx clearance delivery.
- Activate odals runway 17; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 17 and 35 oper continuously, otr times - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available. Emergency fuel shutoff located on right side of terminal building atchd to elecl vault.
- 12 feet trees 247 feet L of centerline and 70 feet from runway threshold.
- Runway has mult cracks and raveling producing fod. Runway thresholds not marked.
- Rstrd use to aircraft weighing 12500 and less.
- Aerobatic act west of runway 17/35. When active, incoming aircraft approach airport from east.
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.