Beaufort County Airport

Airport typePublic

OwnerCounty of Beaufort

ServesLady's Island

ElevationAMSL9 ft / 3 m

Beaufort Executive Airport
IATA: BFT ICAO: KARW FAA LID: ARW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	County of Beaufort
Serves	Lady's Island
Elevation AMSL	9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	32°24′44″N 080°38′04″W / 32.41222°N 80.63444°W / 32.41222; -80.63444
Website	www.beaufortcountyairport.com/...
Map
ARW Location of airport in South Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 3,434 1,047 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations 18,000 Based aircraft 36
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Beaufort Executive Airport (IATA: BFT, ICAO: KARW, FAA LID: ARW, formerly 73J) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.^[1] The airport is located on Lady's Island,^[2] 3 nautical miles (5.6 kilometres) southeast of the central business district of Beaufort, South Carolina.^[1] It is also known as Frogmore Intranational Airport.^[3]

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[4]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ARW by the FAA^[1] and BFT by the IATA^[5][6] (which assigned ARW to Arad Airport in Arad, Romania).^[7][8]

Beaufort is also known for hosting Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (ICAO: KNBC, FAA LID: NBC), located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Beaufort County Airport.