Hilton Head Airport
HXD · KHXD · Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Beaufort County · map
Hilton Head Airport is a public-use airport owned by Beaufort County, 3 miles east of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 19 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHXD · observed 5:50 pm EDT (21:50 UTC), 18 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,200 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 KHXD 062150Z 05013KT 10SM OVC022 23/19 A2999
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 HXD · ICAO KHXD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Beaufort County
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 297 ft, 4,703 ft available for landing, tree 56 ft high 1,325 ft from the end
- Runway 21: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 403 ft, 4,597 ft available for landing, tree 55 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.975 | Hilton Head |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Hxd and aWOS-3PT | 121.4 | Hilton Head |
| Ground · Clearance delivery | 121.1 | Hilton Head |
| Clearance delivery When hxd tower closed | 123.85 | Hilton Head |
| Approach and departure | 125.3 | Hilton Head |
| Savannah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.925 | Hilton Head |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 843-342-5072.
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 Hilton Head Island from the FAA register
59 aircraft are registered to owners in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina: 40 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 6 business jets, 4 piston twins, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 2 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 runway end identifier lightss runway 03 and 21; PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 207 feet in length by 105 feet in width located at the der 03.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 211 feet in length by 105 feet in width located at the der 21.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess left of centerline.
- 33:1 to displaced thld; trees at 1600 feet.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Parasail operations within 3 NM radius of sav 009 DEGS/15 NM, surface to 1500 durg daylight hours.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.