Whiteplains Airport
SC99 · Lexington, South Carolina · Lexington County · map
Whiteplains Airport is a private airport owned by Whiteplains Plantation Assn, 5 miles west of Lexington, South Carolina, 524 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, 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 SC99
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Whiteplains Plantation Assn
- Elevation
- 524 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1999
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,000 × 35 ft | Asphalt | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 293 ft, trees 70 ft high 230 ft from the end
- Runway 27: VASI, two boxes on the right
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Columbia Metro Airport (12 nm east), Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport (18 nm east), Aiken Regional (25 nm southwest), Fairfield County (25 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lexington County (12 nm southeast), Columbia Metro Airport (12 nm east), Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport (18 nm east), Saluda County (22 nm west).
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
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 operates dusk -0000. After 0000 activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. Activate VASI runway 27 - the common traffic frequency. All light activate with three slow mic clicks on the common traffic frequency.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Lexington from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Lexington, South Carolina: 34 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 gliders, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopter. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Metro Flying Club 1 aircraft · Gilbert, 3 miles away Metro Flyers Club is a private flying club based at Denton Enterprise Airport (KDTO) in Denton, Texas.
- Eagle Aviation Columbia LLC 4 aircraft · West Columbia, 15 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.
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 · 4 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 Lexington 45 aircraft · 34 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 gliders
- Southeastern Freight Lines LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Mantei and Associates 2 aircraft in town
- Mantei & Associates LTD 2 aircraft in town
- Dm Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Metro Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Eagle Aviation Columbia LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in South Carolina 1,036 since 1982 · 173 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 3,112 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SC99.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 November 6, 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.