Usar Center, Clemson Heliport
SC53 · Clemson, South Carolina · Oconee County · map
Usar Center, Clemson Heliport is a private heliport owned by the US Army Reserves, 1 mile southeast of Clemson, South Carolina, 750 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 500 by 250 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SC53
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Army Reserves
- Elevation
- 750 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
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1980
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 500 × 250 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Oconee County Regional (3 nm west), Pickens County (9 nm northeast), Anderson Regional (13 nm southeast), Donaldson Field (22 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Oconee County Regional (3 nm west), Pickens County (9 nm northeast), Anderson Regional (13 nm southeast), Donaldson Field (22 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
- VFR; private use.
- Not attended on federal holidays.
- Aviation support facility
- Ant (lighted) 150' and water tank northwest of landing area.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Clemson from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Clemson, South Carolina: 9 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Clemson University 3 aircraft · Clemson, 4 miles away Clemson University is a public research institution located in Upstate South Carolina.
- Clemson Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Seneca, 8 miles away The Clemson Flying Club is a flying club located at Clemson-Oconee County Airport in Seneca, South Carolina.
- Hilton Head Flyers LLC 5 aircraft · Liberty, 10 miles away Hilton Head Flyers is a flight school offering pilot training programs from beginner to advanced levels.
- Great Planes Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Liberty, 10 miles away Great Planes Flying Club LLC operates a pilot academy offering flight training from discovery flights to commercial pilot certification, an FAA-certified aircraft maintenance facility at Rochester International Airport in Minnesota, and gro
- Upstate Sc Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · West Union, 14 miles away
Companies in the same town as this heliport, 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 heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Clemson 13 aircraft · 9 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 turboprops
- Clemson University 3 aircraft in town
- Clemson University 3 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Clemson Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Hilton Head Flyers LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- 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/SC53.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.