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).
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
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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 |
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Aircraft registered in Lancaster from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Lancaster, South Carolina: 19 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.