Lowcountry Regional
RBW · KRBW · Walterboro, South Carolina · Colleton County · map
Lowcountry Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Walterboro and Colleton CO., 2 miles northeast of Walterboro, South Carolina, 101 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,002 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 39 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 13,957 takeoffs and landings a year. About 63 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lowcountry Regional?
Its FAA code is RBW, and its ICAO code is KRBW.
Where is Lowcountry Regional?
It is 2 miles northeast of Walterboro, South Carolina, 101 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Lowcountry Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 6,002 feet long.
Does Lowcountry Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lowcountry Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Lowcountry Regional?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Gwinnett County/Briscoe Field. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lowcountry Regional?
5 pilot examiners and 6 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 Lowcountry Regional…
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 RBW · ICAO KRBW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Walterboro and Colleton CO.
- Elevation
- 101 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 5,705 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 82 ft high 1,999 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), trees 99 ft high 2,932 ft from the end
- Runway 35: tree 43 ft high 1,214 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.7 | |
| Rbw and aWOS-3PT | 118.725 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 843-538-3575.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, parachute jumping
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Summerville Airport (20 nm northeast), Hampton County (22 nm west), Charleston Afb/Intl Airport (30 nm east).
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
- Airport existed prior to 1958.
- Odals runway 23; runway end identifier lightss runway 23; PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lightss runway 05/23 - operates continuously from DUSK-2200. From 2200 to dawn activate odals runway 23; medium-intensity runway lightss runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- (wind indcr) supplry lighted windcones runway 23 and midfield.
- Closed christmas day.
- 100LL SELF-SVC fuel available 24 hours.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport with incr act drg night and at dusk and dawn.
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 1 departures from RBW in those twelve months, carrying 2 passengers in 8 seats (25% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowcountry Regional → Gwinnett County/Briscoe Field RBW–LZU | 1 | 2 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 1 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 | 30 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 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 13,957, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,278 |
| general aviation, travelling | 6,136 |
| general aviation, local | 3,923 |
| military | 620 |
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 Walterboro from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Walterboro, South Carolina: 7 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 2 business jets. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in Walterboro:
- Lowcountry Aviation Company Maintenance, Repair An Lowcountry Aviation operates a fixed-base operation (FBO) and charter service at Lowcountry Regional Airport in Walterboro, South Carolina.
- Swamp Fox Avionics LLC
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
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 2 for flight instructor; 3 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 6 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 training center examiner.
- Christopher Robert Peterson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Walterboro Lowcountry Airport · Walterboro, SC (0 nm) · (843) 224-1074 · [email protected]
- Douglas Scott Carmody private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor · Walterboro, SC (0 nm) · (843) 929-7271 · [email protected]
- Donald Hay instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor · Summerville, SC (20 nm) · (843) 412-1999 · [email protected]
- Cynthia Hollman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Beaufort Executive Airport · Beaufort, SC (31 nm) · (843) 425-8063 · [email protected]
- Matthew Cory Archer private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Beaufort Executive Airport · Beaufort, SC (31 nm) · (843) 263-9997 · [email protected]
All 22 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
- 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 · 7 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Walterboro 18 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 3 piston twins
- Lowcountry Aviation Company Brokerage LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Lowcountry Aviation CO Brokerage LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Lowcountry Aviation Company Maintenance, Repair An · repair station
- Swamp Fox Avionics LLC · repair station
- Gwinnett County/Briscoe Field (LZU) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in South Carolina 1,035 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Carolina 67 landing places
- South Carolina 3,111 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/RBW.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 26, 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.