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).
Weather right now KCQW · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,800 feet
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 KCQW 062115Z AUTO 03007KT 010V070 10SM SCT048 24/13 A3005 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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26; and wind cone light - the common traffic frequency.
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.