Kirk Air Base
T73 · Lancaster, South Carolina · Lancaster County · map
Kirk Air Base is a public-use airport, 5 miles southeast of Lancaster, South Carolina, 578 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,600 feet of asphalt. It has 3 water landing areas. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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What is the airport code for Kirk Air Base?
Its FAA code is T73.
Where is Kirk Air Base?
It is 5 miles southeast of Lancaster, South Carolina, 578 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Kirk Air Base?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,600 feet long, asphalt.
Does Kirk Air Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Kirk Air Base?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Kirk Air Base?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Wings Over Waxhaw Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Kirk Air Base?
12 pilot examiners and 12 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Kirk Air Base…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA T73
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 578 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1982
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05W/23W | 4,400 × 300 ft | Water | |
| 16W/34W | 3,000 × 300 ft | Water | |
| 15/33 | 2,600 × 40 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Low-intensity lights |
| 11W/29W | 2,245 × 600 ft | Water |
- Runway 33: tree 72 ft high 620 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aerial surveying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field (9 nm west), Charlotte/Monroe Executive (21 nm north), Woodward Field (24 nm south), Chester Catawba Regional (26 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
- VFR use only.
- Change elev for seaplane Base runways 05W/23W; 16W/34W; 11W/29W to 550E.
- Runway 15 has 30 feet drop at thld.
- Runway -15/33 - end - 33- 58. CLOSE-IN obstruction 46 feet above runway; 46 feet from runway end; 77 feet right of centerline
- Runway 33 has 10 feet drop at thld.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Lancaster from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Lancaster, South Carolina: 20 piston singles, 3 gliders, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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:
- Wings Over Waxhaw Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Waxhaw, 14 miles away
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 11 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 12 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 9 training center evaluators, 40 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners.
- Brian Lee Mott commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (20 nm) · (610) 698-3557 · [email protected]
- Guenter Trautmann private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Indian Land, SC (20 nm) · (803) 818-0626 · [email protected]
- Timothy Standard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (20 nm) · (706) 836-0442 · [email protected]
- Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · AEROWOOD AVIATION · Monroe, NC (21 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · [email protected]
- Franklin Robert Burbank private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, gliders · Camden FBO · Camden, SC (24 nm) · (352) 223-2883 · [email protected]
- Darrin Murphy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rock Hill-York County Airport KUZA · Rock Hill, SC (26 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · [email protected]
- Melissa Curtis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rock Hill-York County Airport · Rock Hill, SC (26 nm) · (757) 435-7865 · [email protected]
- Adam Rosenberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord, NC (43 nm) · (516) 567-4828 · [email protected]
All 80 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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 Lancaster 26 aircraft · 20 piston singles, 3 gliders, 1 turboprops
- Bermuda High Soaring School INC 3 aircraft in town
- Daedal Flight LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Wings Over Waxhaw Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/T73.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.