# Kirk Air Base (T73)

**Kirk Air Base** (FAA: T73) is a small airport in Lancaster, South Carolina, United States. It opened in Oct 1982. It has 4 runways; the longest is 4,400 ft (1,341 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/t73

## At a glance

- FAA: T73
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lancaster, South Carolina, United States
- Opened: Oct 1982
- Elevation: 578 ft / 176 m
- Coordinates: 34.6743, -80.6823
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 4,400 ft / 1,341 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35271058
- Weather station: KLKR
- Ident: T73

## Timeline

- Oct 1982: Kirk Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05W/23W | 4,400 ft / 1,341 m | 300 ft / 91 m | Water |  |  |
| 16W/34W | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 300 ft / 91 m | Water |  |  |
| 15/33 | 2,600 ft / 793 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Asphalt |  | yes |
| 11W/29W | 2,245 ft / 684 m | 600 ft / 183 m | Water |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,400 ft / 1,341 m | =8,397 of 29,858 | =3,201 in North America | =2,637 in US |
| Elevation | 578 ft / 176 m | =25,792 of 43,403 | =12,401 in North America | =10,345 in US |
| Age | Opened 1982 | =8,372 of 15,079 | =6,293 in North America | =6,188 in US |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =20 in North America | =19 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [SC76](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sc76.md) Unity Aerodrome · 8.9 mi / 14 km
- [KLKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klkr.md) Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field · 10 mi / 17 km
- [07NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/07nc.md) Hawks Meadow Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [N52](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kn52.md) Jaars Townsend Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [SC79](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sc79.md) Bermuda High Gliderport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [SC58](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2566.md) Ja Field · 17 mi / 28 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)
- [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/t73/data