Fairfield County
FDW · KFDW · Winnsboro, South Carolina · Fairfield County · map
Fairfield County is a public-use airport owned by Fairfield County, 3 miles southwest of Winnsboro, South Carolina, 578 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,243 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFDW · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,100 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 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 KFDW 061935Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM SCT041 23/13 A3006 RMK AO1
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 FDW · ICAO KFDW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Fairfield County
- Elevation
- 578 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 822 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- March to October, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; November to February, every day, 8:00 am 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
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1975
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,243 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 233 ft, tree 19 ft high 479 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 80 ft high 2,820 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.4 | |
| Fdw and aWOS-3 | 119.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 803-712-2577.
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 Winnsboro from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Winnsboro, South Carolina: 8 piston singles, 2 piston twins. 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 · 7 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and PAPI runways 04 and 22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude 1400 above sea level.
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.