Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field
LKR · KLKR · Lancaster, South Carolina · Lancaster County · map
Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field is a public-use airport owned by Lancaster County, 4 miles west of Lancaster, South Carolina, 486 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 6,004 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLKR · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,600 feet
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 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 KLKR 062015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT046 24/12 A3007 RMK AO2
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 LKR · ICAO KLKR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lancaster County
- Elevation
- 486 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 3:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,004 × 101 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 105 ft, tree 17 ft high 629 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 150 ft high 4,473 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BATTA) · Departure procedure (BEAVY) | 120.05 | |
| Lkr and aWOS-3 | 120.825 | |
| Apt Remark 3 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 to charlotte approach. |
| Rasln and star | 126.15 | |
| Jools and star | 135.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 803-286-6444.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Lancaster from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Lancaster, South Carolina: 19 piston singles, 3 gliders, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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 · 3 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
- 25 feet drop; 250 feet from threshold runway 06.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 06 and 24 operates continuously.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 to charlotte approach.
- Small aircraft must be on a tie down.
- Arl applicators not pmtd due to pavement conditions.
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.