Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger Field
CQW · KCQW · Cheraw, South Carolina · Chesterfield County · map
Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger Field is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Cheraw, 3 miles northwest of Cheraw, South Carolina, 239 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 17 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 6,200 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger Field?
Its FAA code is CQW, and its ICAO code is KCQW.
Where is Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger Field?
It is 3 miles northwest of Cheraw, South Carolina, 239 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger Field?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger Field?
7 pilot examiners and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger Field…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CQW · ICAO KCQW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Cheraw
- Elevation
- 239 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: tree 46 ft high 906 ft from the end
- Runway 26: pole 22 ft high 493 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.6 | |
| Cqw and aWOS-3 | 124.825 | |
| Florence and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.45 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 843-537-3301.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Marlboro County Jetport/H E Avent Field (12 nm southeast), Richmond County (14 nm northeast), Darlington County (16 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in South Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26; and wind cone light - the common traffic frequency.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
- Looking…
Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 14 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 6,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 155 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,224 |
| general aviation, local | 3,621 |
| military | 200 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cheraw from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Cheraw, South Carolina: 11 piston singles, 2 business jets, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Bennettsville, 14 miles away
Repair stations in Cheraw:
- Pee Dee Avionics INC Pee Dee Avionics is a FAA Part 145 repair station located at Cheraw Municipal Airport in Cheraw, South Carolina.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 1 aircrew program designee.
- Joe Daniel Rogers private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · FBO · Florence, SC (34 nm) · (843) 250-5111 · [email protected]
- Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · AEROWOOD AVIATION · Monroe, NC (38 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · [email protected]
- Franklin Robert Burbank private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, gliders · Camden FBO · Camden, SC (40 nm) · (352) 223-2883 · [email protected]
- Stephen Lynn Henderson instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Lumberton Regional Airport · Lumberton, NC (45 nm) · (360) 904-9078 · [email protected]
- Brian Lee Mott commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (47 nm) · (610) 698-3557 · [email protected]
- Guenter Trautmann private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Indian Land, SC (47 nm) · (803) 818-0626 · [email protected]
- Timothy Standard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (47 nm) · (706) 836-0442 · [email protected]
All 12 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Cheraw 14 aircraft · 11 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 helicopters
- Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Pee Dee Avionics INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in South Carolina 1,035 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Carolina 67 landing places
- South Carolina 3,113 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CQW.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.