# Lowcountry Regional Airport (RBW / KRBW)

**Lowcountry Regional Airport** (IATA: RBW, ICAO: KRBW) is a small airport in Walterboro, South Carolina, United States. It opened in Oct 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,002 ft (1,829 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RBW / KRBW
- FAA: RBW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Walterboro, South Carolina, United States
- Opened: Oct 1937
- Elevation: 101 ft / 31 m
- Coordinates: 32.9210, -80.6406
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,002 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.walterboroairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowcountry_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6693081
- Weather station: KRBW
- Ident: KRBW

## Timeline

- Oct 1937: Lowcountry Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 6,002 ft / 1,829 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 044° / 224° | yes |
| 17/35 | 5,705 ft / 1,739 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 166° / 346° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,002 ft / 1,829 m | =4,565 of 29,858 | =1,267 in North America | =995 in US |
| Elevation | 101 ft / 31 m | =36,808 of 43,403 | =16,685 in North America | =13,957 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | CHARLESTON APP/DEP | 120.700 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.725 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/krbw/data