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Beaufort County Airport

32.41220°N
-80.63440°W
ARR / DAY
9
9.1%
DEP / DAY
8
19.7%

Beaufort County Airport (KARW/BFT) is a small general aviation airport located in Beaufort, SC, 35 mi north east of Savannah. It features 1 runway measuring 3,434 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KNBC, 7 mi away (KARW does not publish METAR)

19m ago
Temp
83°F
Wind
3 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KNBC 160156Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3011 RMK AO2 TSB12E30 SLP196 T02830239

Runways

1 installed

3,434 FT MAX
07/25
3,434 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

25
67% of ops
339 land · 427 TO
07
33% of ops
164 land · 76 TO
Runway 25 carries 67% of operations (339 landings, 427 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 33%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

25 339 landings
UA 1%
07 164 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 25 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 339 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
15.3
flights/day · 458 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 15.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (10.5 vs 17.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (30% of 355 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 125.125
APCH 292.125
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 119.675
OTHER 121.725
CD/P 121.725
OTHER 132.925
SAVANNAH 132.925
OTHER 363.200
SAVANNAH 363.200
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Elevation:
9 ft
Mag var:
7° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Komatoast
1/24/2009
Fly In For Seafood
Anywhere in the vicinity... stop in here for fuel and fish. They'll give you a short ride into town to eat at Barbara Jeans Restaurant. Unbelievable value... you'll have to recheck your weight and balance after doing lunch at this place. They also have cheap self service fuel. Highly recommended.
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