Darden Airport
SC13 · Gaston, South Carolina · Lexington County · map
Darden Airport is a private airport, 5 miles northwest of Gaston, South Carolina, 450 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,300 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SC13
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 450 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1977
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,300 × 200 ft | Grass |
- Runway 30: trees on the approach
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Columbia Metro Airport (7 nm northeast), Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport (12 nm northeast), Orangeburg Municipal (28 nm southeast), Aiken Regional (28 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lexington County (4 nm southwest), Columbia Metro Airport (7 nm northeast), Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport (12 nm northeast), Orangeburg Municipal (28 nm southeast).
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
- VFR only; pvt use.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Gaston from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Gaston, SC as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Eagle Aviation Columbia LLC 4 aircraft · West Columbia, 11 miles away Eagle Aviation is a full-service aviation company based in West Columbia, South Carolina, operating from two locations: Columbia Metropolitan Airport and Jim Hamilton - LB Owens Airport.
- Metro Flying Club 1 aircraft · Gilbert, 13 miles away Metro Flyers Club is a private flying club based at Denton Enterprise Airport (KDTO) in Denton, Texas.
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.
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
- Eagle Aviation Columbia LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Metro Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/SC13.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.