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Chester Catawba Regional Airport (KDCM) is a county-owned, public-use general aviation airfield about five nautical miles north of Chester, South Carolina, with two hard-surfaced runways serving mainly private aircraft based in Chester County. It has no scheduled airline service and no control tower, making it a straightforward VFR destination for light aircraft.
Chester Catawba Regional Airport is a county-owned, public-use airfield serving Chester, South Carolina. Despite the word 'Regional' in its name, it has no scheduled airline service and functions purely as a general aviation field for private aircraft based in Chester County, of interest to sim pilots looking for a quiet, uncontrolled two-runway strip in the Charlotte area.
The airport lies about five nautical miles north of the central business district of Chester, South Carolina, in Chester County. It has no operating control tower, and approach and departure services in the area are provided by Charlotte Approach/Departure.
The airfield has two paved hard-surfaced runways. Runway 17/35 is 4,987/4,986 feet long and lit. Runway 05/23 is 4,980 feet long in both directions and is not listed as lit.
Air-to-ground communications are handled on the CTAF/UNICOM frequency 122.7 MHz. Approach and departure services are provided by Charlotte Approach/Departure on 120.05 MHz. There is no control tower on the field.
Chester Catawba Regional Airport, formerly identified as 9A6, is a county-owned public-use facility located north of the city of Chester in Chester County, South Carolina. It has never had scheduled airline service and is categorised by the Federal Aviation Administration as a general aviation facility. According to FAA data for the twelve months ending 27 August 2009, the airport handled 8,400 general aviation operations, an average of 23 per day, and had 31 based aircraft, of which 97 percent were single-engine and 3 percent multi-engine.
The airport continues to operate as a general aviation field for Chester County, with private aircraft making up the great majority of based traffic and no scheduled commercial flights. It remains uncontrolled, relying on CTAF/UNICOM procedures rather than a tower.