Laurens County
LUX · KLUX · Laurens, South Carolina · Laurens County · map
Laurens County is a public-use airport owned by Laurens County, 3 miles east of Laurens, South Carolina, 698 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,051 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 18 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 3,150 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Laurens County?
Its FAA code is LUX, and its ICAO code is KLUX.
Where is Laurens County?
It is 3 miles east of Laurens, South Carolina, 698 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Laurens County?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,051 feet long, concrete.
Does Laurens County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Laurens County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where can you fly nonstop from Laurens County?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones Field, Indianapolis International, Chicago/Rockford International, Chicago O'Hare International, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Laurens County?
6 pilot examiners and 10 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Laurens County…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LUX · ICAO KLUX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Laurens County
- Elevation
- 698 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 803 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,051 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 52 ft high 1,002 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 56 ft high 1,059 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.6 | |
| Lux and aWOS-3 | 123.975 | |
| Owing and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 864-682-3639.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Greenwood County (19 nm southwest), Spartanburg Downtown Meml/Simpson Field (25 nm north), Donaldson Field (26 nm northwest), Greenville Spartanburg International (27 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in South Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 08 and 26 operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude: 803 feet above ground level.
- Self service 24 hour fuel with credit card.
Sustainable aviation fuel from the SAFxCHANGE record
Regular supply · 4 announcements, latest 2023-06 · supplied by Neste, Norsk e-Fuel AS · taken by Cargolux.
Cargolux uplifted SAF for a celebratory cargo flight, first airline to do so there.
Sustainable aviation fuel at Laurens County: every announcement · Every airport with sustainable aviation fuel
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 136 departures from LUX in those twelve months, carrying 25 passengers in 75 seats (33% filled), to 12 destinations (12 abroad) on 7 airlines.
All 12 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 17 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,150, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 134 |
| general aviation, travelling | 896 |
| general aviation, local | 1,970 |
| military | 150 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Laurens from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Laurens, SC as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in Laurens:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 10 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 training center examiners.
- William Porcher Dubose private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Spartanburg Memorial Downtown Airport · Spartanburg, SC (25 nm) · (803) 256-3544 · [email protected]
- Leonard Litton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Piedmont, SC (28 nm) · (703) 389-7709 · [email protected]
- Brett Avery Zukowski private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Greenville, SC (29 nm) · (864) 201-9356 · [email protected]
- Harrison Grady Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Central, SC (44 nm) · (864) 986-9664 · [email protected]
- Timothy Wayne Mitchell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lexington, SC (45 nm) · (803) 920-9859 · [email protected]
- Randall Kelsey Haralson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Elbert County Airport · Elberton, GA (50 nm) · (706) 318-8867 · [email protected]
All 30 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in South Carolina 1,035 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Aloft Aviation Maintenance, LLP · repair station
- Sos Aero and Avionics LLC · repair station
- Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones Field (HSV) 100 flights in twelve months · Atlas Air Inc.
- Indianapolis International (IND) 16 flights in twelve months · Atlas Air Inc.
- Chicago/Rockford International (RFD) 8 flights in twelve months · Atlas Air Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 4 flights in twelve months · National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National Airlines
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1 flights in twelve months · Atlas Air Inc.
- Bangor International (BGR) 1 flights in twelve months · GainJet Ireland Ltd
- Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International (FLL) 1 flights in twelve months · FAI rent-a-jet AG
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1 flights in twelve months · International Jet Management GmbH
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Carolina 67 landing places
- South Carolina 3,113 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LUX.json.
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 27, 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.