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Beaufort County Airport

32.41220°N
-80.63440°W
ARR / DAY
11
29.0%
DEP / DAY
11
1.3%

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 11 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

35m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KNBC 302156Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA FEW060 SCT080 BKN100 26/24 A3009 RMK AO2 RAB27 SLP189 P0002 T02610244

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
70% of ops
215 land · 263 TO
07
30% of ops
94 land · 48 TO
Runway 25 carries 70% of operations (215 landings, 263 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

25 215 landings
UA 3%
07 94 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 25 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 215 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
16.1
flights/day · 484 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 4pm · 12pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 16.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (13.6 vs 17.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 367 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
01/24/2009
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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