Chester Catawba Regional
DCM · KDCM · Chester, South Carolina · Chester County · map
Chester Catawba Regional is a public-use airport owned by the County of Chester, 5 miles north of Chester, South Carolina, 657 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 29 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,400 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Chester Catawba Regional?
Its FAA code is DCM, and its ICAO code is KDCM.
Where is Chester Catawba Regional?
It is 5 miles north of Chester, South Carolina, 657 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Chester Catawba Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 5,000 feet long.
Does Chester Catawba Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Chester Catawba Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Chester Catawba Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: York Aero Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Chester Catawba Regional?
12 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DCM · ICAO KDCM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Chester
- Elevation
- 657 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00 pm to 6:00 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
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 4,998 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 73 ft high 1,800 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 65 ft high 2,113 ft from the end
- Runway 05: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 949 ft, tree 78 ft high 1,433 ft from the end
- Runway 23: tree 29 ft high 310 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.05 | |
| Dcm and aWOS-3 | 120.975 | |
| Rasln and star | 126.15 | |
| Jools and star | 135.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 803-385-2011.
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
- parachute jumping
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Rock Hill/York County/Bryant Field (14 nm northeast), Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field (17 nm east), Gastonia Municipal (25 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
- Existd prior to 1958.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 17 and 35 operates continuously.
- Airport can be acesd by pedestrian gate next to terminal building aft hours by first four nrs of automated weather (AWOS) frequency in combination lock box.
- Runway 05/23 pci rating 40 very poor.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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 | 27 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
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 8,400, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 2,400 |
| general aviation, local | 6,000 |
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 Chester from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Chester, South Carolina: 5 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 drone. 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:
- York Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · York, 15 miles away
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
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 11 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 9 training center evaluators, 40 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners.
- Darrin Murphy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rock Hill-York County Airport KUZA · Rock Hill, SC (14 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · [email protected]
- Melissa Curtis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rock Hill-York County Airport · Rock Hill, SC (14 nm) · (757) 435-7865 · [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 (20 nm) · (610) 698-3557 · [email protected]
- Guenter Trautmann private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Indian Land, SC (20 nm) · (803) 818-0626 · [email protected]
- Timothy Standard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (20 nm) · (706) 836-0442 · [email protected]
- Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · AEROWOOD AVIATION · Monroe, NC (31 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · [email protected]
- Charles Rosenstein private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Stanley, NC (37 nm) · (704) 277-2596 · [email protected]
- William Porcher Dubose private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Spartanburg Memorial Downtown Airport · Spartanburg, SC (38 nm) · (803) 256-3544 · [email protected]
All 81 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.
- 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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
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 Chester 7 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 drones
- York Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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 3,111 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DCM.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.