The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces and opened in May 1943. Barnwell Army Airfield was a satellite airfield of Columbia Army Air Base, supporting B-25 Mitchell medium bomber training for Third Air ForceIII Air Support Command. Training was accomplished by 44th Station Complement Squadron which also maintained the facility. After the war, the airfield was turned over to local authorities which converted it into a civil airport.
Facilities and aircraft
Barnwell Regional Airport covers an area of 859 acres (348 ha) at an elevation of 246 feet (75 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 5,119 feet (1,560 m) by 100 feet (30 m) and 5/23 is 4,526 feet (1,380 m) by 70 feet (21 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending 29 October 2018, the airport had 5,750 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 80% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and 13% military. At that time there were 26 aircraft based at this airport, all of them single-engine.[1]
Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC71006954, 29991467
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