Hartsville Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use

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located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the

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of Hartsville, a city in

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Facilities and aircraft

Hartsville Regional Airport covers an area of at an

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of 364 feet (111 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 3/21 with an

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surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending March 12, 2010, the airport had 6,000 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 95%

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and 5%

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. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-

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and 8% multi-engine.

References

External links

Airport page
at City of Hartsville website
Skyline Aviation Services
the

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(FBO)
Aerial image as of 7 February 1994
from

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