Grand Strand Airport
CRE · KCRE · North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · Horry County · map
Grand Strand Airport is a public-use airport owned by Horry County, 1 mile northwest of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 32 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,997 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 35 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 52,809 takeoffs and landings a year. About 35 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Grand Strand Airport?
Its FAA code is CRE, and its ICAO code is KCRE.
Where is Grand Strand Airport?
It is 1 mile northwest of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 32 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Grand Strand Airport?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,997 feet long, asphalt.
Does Grand Strand Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Grand Strand Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Grand Strand Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Brunswick Golden Isles. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Grand Strand Airport?
3 pilot examiners and 9 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 Grand Strand Airport…
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 CRE · ICAO KCRE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Horry County
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 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
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,997 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 59 ft high 1,434 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, trees 98 ft high 3,450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.6 | Strand |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Cre and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.625 | Strand |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.8 | Strand |
| Approach and departure | 119.2 | Strand |
| Myrtle Beach Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.375 | Strand |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 843-361-2802.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Myrtle Beach International (13 nm southwest), Conway-Horry County (20 nm west), Columbus County Regional (28 nm north).
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
- Existed prior to 1958.
- Extensive banner tow operations from airport along coast line 10 NM northeast to 20 NM southwest.
- After 0000 activate high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; runway end identifier lights runway 05 and approach lights (MALSR) runway 23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Gulls on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from CRE in those twelve months, carrying 3 passengers in 8 seats (38% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Strand → Brunswick Golden Isles CRE–BQK | 1 | 3 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 28 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| jets | 1 |
| 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 52,809, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 69 |
| air taxi and commuter | 7,396 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,033 |
| general aviation, local | 28,731 |
| military | 580 |
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 North Myrtle Beach from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: 19 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 9 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 training center examiner.
- Billy Michael Marlowe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · MYRTLE BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT · Myrtle Beach, SC (13 nm) · (843) 222-5303 · [email protected]
- Stephen Lynn Henderson instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Southport, NC (34 nm) · (360) 904-9078 · [email protected]
- David Allen Lackey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · KILM Aero Center · Wilmington, NC (49 nm) · (704) 202-2610 · [email protected]
All 19 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 42 since 1982, 9 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in North Myrtle Beach 25 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- Barnstormers Aerial Advertising LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Attitude Aviators INC 3 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 42 since 1982 · 9 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in South Carolina 1,035 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Brunswick Golden Isles (BQK) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Carolina 67 landing places
- South Carolina 3,111 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CRE.json.
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 26, 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.