South Carolina - Clarendon County Airports




South Carolina - Clarendon County Airports

Airport Name	At / Near Town	Type	FAA LID	Year Opened	Year Closed	Comments
1) Santee Cooper Regional Airport	Manning, Jordan	General Aviation	MNI	1966	-	Per AirNav - activated 9/1966.
2) Byrd Field	Turbeville	Private	SC48	1980	-	Per AirNav - activated 8/1980. Owned and operated by J. Richard Byrd.
3) Palmetto Air Plantation	Manning	Private	SC41	2000	-	Per AirNav - activated in 5/2000. Owned and operated by Palmetto Air Plantation, Inc.
4) Yahu Field	Summerton	Private	3SC2	2007	-	Activated 9/2007. Owned by Yahu, Inc. Managed by Mike Huizenga.
5) Pocotaligo Airport	Manning, Wilson	Private	SC38	1996	-	Per AirNav - activated 11/1996. Owned and operated by Richard D. Porcher. Several sources claim this airport is in Williamsburg County, but actually it is in Clarendon County physically.

Airports Found - Virtually Nothing Known Except What's Below
	Here is a nice airstrip in Clarendon County, about 8 miles due south of Turbeville, SC. It belongs to George M. Hicks, Sr. and his address is 1598 Maxcey Road, New Zion, SC. It appears to still be useable. Info provided in January 2019 by CBB.
	Here is another abandoned sod strip at the north end of the Lake Marion dam just south of White Oak in Clarendon County, SC. It is in planted pine now but their age makes it still visible on an aerial photograph.
	Here is another airport from the Clarendon County GIS with a hangar under construction. Box states the owner is Michael Kenneth Scott in Cameron, SC. Info provided in January 2019 by CBB.
	Here is a turf airstrip complete with aircraft captured on the ground, about one-half mile northeast of Summerton, SC, and running parallel to Jack Touchberry Road in Clarendon County. It is now owned by the Nebraska E. Moore Trust. Info provided in February 2019 by CBB.
	Here is another unnamed and built-over grass landing strip in the approach/departure path of the Clarendon County Airport on Lake Marion. It is probably part of the Wyboo Plantation subdivision. Info provided in April of 2019 by CBB.
	A sod airstrip, about 3,100’ usable, with hangars in Clarendon County, SC at 5850 Bill Davis Road. The property belongs to David Alan Wedlake and Kathleen Marie Wedlake and is about five (5) miles SSE of Summerton. Info provided in May of 2019 by CBB.
	Goat Island Airport is now built over. It was at Goat Island Resort on Lake Marion, 9645 Wash Davis Rd., Summerton, SC. Info provided in August of 2020 by CBB.