Mount Pleasant Rgnl-Faison Field
LRO · KLRO · Mount Pleasant, South Carolina · Charleston County · map
Mount Pleasant Rgnl-Faison Field is a public-use airport owned by Charleston CO Aviation Authority, 9 miles northeast of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, 12 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,700 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLRO · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind variable at 5 knots, gusting to 13
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 2,300 feet, overcast at 2,800 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 70°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 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 KLRO 061935Z AUTO VRB05G13KT 9SM BKN023 OVC028 23/21 A3001 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 LRO · ICAO KLRO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Charleston CO Aviation Authority
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 988 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1986
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,700 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 99 ft high 2,164 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.275 | |
| Lro and aWOS-3 | 118.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 843-849-0438.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Mount Pleasant from the FAA register
90 aircraft are registered to owners in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: 67 piston singles, 10 piston twins, 9 business jets, 2 turboprops, 2 helicopters. 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 · 8 since 1982, 3 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
- Providing VFR; wilson memorial airport will be closed when east cooper airport becomes operational.
- Activate PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude: 988 feet above ground level.
- Two 2000 feet towers approx 4-6 miles east of airport.
- Deer and birds 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.