Marion County
MAO · KMAO · Marion, South Carolina · Marion County · map
Marion County is a public-use airport owned by Marion County, 3 miles east of Marion, South Carolina, 93 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 4,505 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MAO · ICAO KMAO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Marion County
- Elevation
- 93 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 4:30 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
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1960
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,505 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 58 ft high 1,892 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 58 ft high 1,437 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 135.25 | |
| Mao and aWOS-3PT | 119.875 | |
| Florence and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.45 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 843-423-4231.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Marion from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Marion, SC as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Student trg on and in the vicinity of airport.
- PAPI runway 04 and 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 operates sunset to sunrise.
- Airport closed christmas, thanksgiving, new years day and 4TH of july.
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.