Pickens County
LQK · KLQK · Pickens, South Carolina · Pickens County · map
Pickens County is a public-use airport owned by Pickens County, 4 miles south of Pickens, South Carolina, 1,013 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLQK · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 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 KLQK 061935Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM CLR 24/11 A3008 RMK AO2 T02410106
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 LQK · ICAO KLQK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Pickens County
- Elevation
- 1,013 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- 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: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 93 ft high 3,024 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.8 | |
| Lqk and aWOS-3 | 120.0 | |
| Mount Oglethorpe Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 864-843-5801.
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 Pickens from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Pickens, South Carolina: 8 piston singles, 2 balloons, 1 turboprop. 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 · 11 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 PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
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.