Hondarosa Airport
SC42 · Charleston, South Carolina · Charleston County · map
Hondarosa Airport is a private airport, 15 miles northeast of Charleston, South Carolina, 13 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,000 feet of asphalt.
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 SC42
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2003
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,000 × 30 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 17: trees 50 ft high 500 ft from the end
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: Charleston Executive (5 nm east), Charleston Afb/Intl Airport (13 nm north), Mount Pleasant Rgnl-Faison Field (21 nm northeast), Summerville Airport (24 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Charleston Executive (5 nm east), Charleston Afb/Intl Airport (13 nm north), Mount Pleasant Rgnl-Faison Field (21 nm northeast), Summerville Airport (24 nm north).
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
- Provided VFR, pvt use.
- Closed to all aircraft, pvt use only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Charleston from the FAA register
95 aircraft are registered to owners in Charleston, South Carolina: 76 piston singles, 6 business jets, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins, 2 drones. 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
Fuel and service companies in Charleston, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Sweetgrass Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · James Island, 10 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Charleston:
- Skys the Limit INC 2 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Charleston:
- Charleston Turbine Management, LLC Interstate Turbine is a repair station in Charleston, South Carolina that provides maintenance services for jets, turboprops, and piston engine aircraft, including avionics work.
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 · 1 since 1982, 0 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 Charleston 95 aircraft · 76 piston singles, 6 business jets, 5 turboprops
- Major Air LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Itm Aircraft LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Zephair Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Charleston Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Morning Star Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Skys the Limit INC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Sweetgrass Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Charleston Turbine Management, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 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/SC42.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.