# Chester Catawba Regional Airport (KDCM)

**Chester Catawba Regional Airport** (ICAO: KDCM) is a small airport in Chester, South Carolina, United States. It opened in Dec 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,000 ft (1,524 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KDCM
- FAA: DCM
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Chester, South Carolina, United States
- Opened: Dec 1943
- Elevation: 657 ft / 200 m
- Coordinates: 34.7893, -81.1958
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 4 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Catawba_Regional_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708371
- Weather station: KDCM
- Ident: KDCM

## Timeline

- Dec 1943: Chester Catawba Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 168° / 348° | yes |
| 05/23 | 4,998 ft / 1,523 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 055° / 235° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 657 ft / 200 m | #24,242 of 43,403 | #11,636 in North America | #9,676 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | CHARLOTTE APP/DEP | 120.050 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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## 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)
- [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/kdcm/data