Greenwood County
GRD · KGRD · Greenwood, South Carolina · Greenwood County · map
Greenwood County is a public-use airport owned by Greenwood County, 3 miles north of Greenwood, South Carolina, 631 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,001 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGRD · observed 8:08 pm EDT (00:08 UTC), 35747 minutes ago
LIFR very low ceiling or visibility
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 0.5 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 1,400 feet, a broken layer at 2,200 feet, overcast at 3,500 feet
- Weather: heavy rain, fog
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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)
SPECI KGRD 120008Z AUTO 06006KT 1/2SM +RA FG BKN014 BKN022 OVC035 24/23 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE-SE P0070 T02390228
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 GRD · ICAO KGRD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Greenwood County
- Elevation
- 631 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm; Sunday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 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: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1943
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,600 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 45 ft high 1,223 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tree 49 ft high 1,614 ft from the end
- Runway 05: tree 50 ft high 1,865 ft from the end
- Runway 23: tree 66 ft high 1,472 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.6 | |
| Grd and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.125 | |
| Owing and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.35 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 864-388-9115.
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 Greenwood from the FAA register
33 aircraft are registered to owners in Greenwood, South Carolina: 29 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 11 since 1982, 5 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
- Airport existed prior 1958
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 preset on med intst DUSK-2300; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runways 09 and 27 - the common traffic frequency. After 2300, activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27, runway end identifier lights runways 09 and 27 and odals runway 27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Taxiway a parallel to runway 09/27; dropoffs each side of taxiway beyond shoulder.
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.