Cheraw Municipal Airport

Cheraw Municipal Airport Lynch Bellinger Field
IATA: HCW – ICAO: KCQW – FAA LID: CQW
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Town of Cheraw
Serves		Cheraw, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL		239 ft / 73 m
Coordinates		34°42′46″N 079°57′25″W / 34.71278°N 79.95694°W / 34.71278; -79.95694
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
8/26	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations			17,900
Based aircraft			18
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Cheraw Municipal Airport (IATA: HCW, ICAO: KCQW, FAA LID: CQW), also known as Lynch Bellinger Field, is a public use airport in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Town of Cheraw and located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of its central business district.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CQW by the FAA and HCW by the IATA.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 235 acres (95 ha) at an elevation of 239 feet (73 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 1, 2008, the airport had 17,900 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 16 single-engine, 1 jet and 1 helicopter.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for CQW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: HCW / KCQW - Cheraw Municipal Airport - Cheraw, South Carolina

External links

• Aerial photo as of 14 February 1994 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for CQW, effective 20 October 2011
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KCQW
  • ASN accident history for HCW
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KCQW