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).
Weather right now KRBW · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,700 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KRBW 062055Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM OVC027 23/17 A3002 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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.