# Beaufort Executive Airport (BFT / KARW)

**Beaufort Executive Airport** (IATA: BFT, ICAO: KARW) is a small airport in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. It opened in Dec 1973. It has one runway, 3,434 ft (1,047 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/karw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BFT / KARW
- FAA: ARW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
- Opened: Dec 1973
- Elevation: 9 ft / 3 m
- Coordinates: 32.4122, -80.6344
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,434 ft / 1,047 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.bcgov.net/departments/Transportation/beaufort-county-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_County_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1658340
- Weather station: KARW
- Ident: KARW

## Timeline

- Dec 1973: Beaufort Executive Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 3,434 ft / 1,047 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 060° / 240° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [CAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcae.md) Columbia Metropolitan Airport · United States · 109 mi / 176 km · Planemaster

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BFT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- Planemaster · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,434 ft / 1,047 m | #13,013 of 29,858 | #5,275 in North America | #4,406 in US |
| Elevation | 9 ft / 3 m | =42,649 of 43,403 | =19,169 in North America | =15,615 in US |
| Age | Opened 1973 | =6,831 of 15,079 | =4,972 in North America | =4,880 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 118.450 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [SC74](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sc74.md) Marsh Point Airport · 4.0 mi / 6.4 km
- [KNBC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knbc.md) Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field · 6.9 mi / 11 km
- [HHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khxd.md) Hilton Head Airport · 13 mi / 22 km
- [SC15](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sc15.md) Airy Hall Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [US-7189](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-7189.md) Edisto Island Private Airstrip · 21 mi / 34 km
- [3J1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k3j1.md) Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport · 22 mi / 35 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Beaufort County Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beaufort_County_Airport&oldid=1364141933), revision of 14 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/karw/data