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KMAO · Marion County Airport

ICAO · US · 4 NTSB events

ID KMAO FAA MAO Elev 92 ft Lat 34° 10.87' N Lon 79° 20.08' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 4,505 ft. Max gradient: 0.03%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
04 34.6° 4,505 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.03%
22 214.6° 4,505 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.03%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 2 frequencies

  • A/D FLORENCE APP/DEP 135.250
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KMAO on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 5 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (5 sentences)
  • ·STUDENT TRG ON & INVOF ARPT.
  • ·FOR CD CTC FLORENCE APCH AT 843-665-0632, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC JACKSONVILLE ARTCC AT 904-845-1592.
  • ·ARPT CLOSED CHRISTMAS, THANKSGIVING, NEW YEAR'S DAY. 9 FT HIGH BRUSH 133 FT FROM THLD 129 FT LEFT OF CNTRLN.
  • ·FOR FUEL AFTER HRS CTC 843-526-1409.
  • ·PAPI RWY 04 & 22; MIRL RWY 04/22 OPR SS-SR.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

4 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

5

since 1982

Fatal

2

40.0% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

0

no recent events

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 7,600 ops in 1999

2024 total

5,100

10-yr total

52,187

2024 mix

AC/AT 2% · GA 96% · Mil 2%

Events / million ops

0.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=4

  • Other 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Hard landing 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2014-06-13 MEYER CLAIR O 2/3 P 51B/C MUSTANG · CFIT · day →
2012-09-07 Cessna 182T · Hard landing · day →
2002-02-28 Cessna 172 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1984-02-10 Beech F33A · Other · VMC · day →

Designees in SC

CFI Flight Instructors 982 A&P Mechanics 3,669 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 25 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 10 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 4 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 6 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 1 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 11 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 23 Schools Flight Schools 36 FBO Fixed Base Operators 47 Clubs Flying Clubs 13 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 3 EAA EAA Chapters 10

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Joe Daniel Rogers Florence SC 23 nm
Billy Michael Marlowe Myrtle Beach SC 36 nm
Franklin Robert Burbank Camden SC 63 nm
Stephen Lynn Henderson Carthage NC 69 nm
David Allen Lackey Wilmington NC 72 nm
Ronald Leo Horton Monroe NC 78 nm
William Porcher Dubose Columbia SC 79 nm
Guenter Trautmann Indian Land SC 89 nm
Brian Lee Mott Fort Mill SC 94 nm
Timothy Standard Fort Mill SC 94 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
James Robert Wallace Aynor SC 13 nm
Dean Carroll Allen Ii Green Sea SC 18 nm
Debra Lee Leppo Florence SC 23 nm
Kenneth English Smith Florence SC 23 nm
Joe Daniel Rogers Iii Florence SC 23 nm
Seth Blundell Horan Florence SC 23 nm
Mohammad Zaki Khattab Florence SC 23 nm
Witsell James Poston Florence SC 23 nm
Asher Joel Fjestad Florence SC 23 nm
Henry James Grenfell Loris SC 23 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Kanyon Brent Lee Marion SC 3 nm
Patrick Kevin Oneill Mullins SC 4 nm
Winston Alfred Jack Gould Mullins SC 4 nm
Donnie Glenn Washington Jr Mullins SC 4 nm
Donte Narciso Mullins SC 4 nm
Charles Kevin Calhoun Fork SC 7 nm
Jerry Don Bullard Nichols SC 10 nm
William Morgan Ward Aynor SC 13 nm
Trenton Depriest Wall Dillon SC 15 nm
Henson Chad Cox Galivants Ferry SC 16 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
South Carolina Avionics Services, LLC.
Sumter, SC
 52 nm
Powell Avionics, Inc.
Fayetteville, NC
 54 nm
ARQ Aviation MX
Wilmington, NC
 72 nm
Aircraft Maintenance Services
Columbia, SC
 84 nm
Inglewood Aviation Maintenance Services, Inc.
Albemarle, NC
 84 nm
Aero Avionics, Inc.
Sanford, NC
 85 nm
Mag Aerospace
Sanford, NC
 85 nm
Squawks Aviation
Concord, NC
 99 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC
 101 nm
Carolina Avionics Group, LLC
Salisbury, NC
 105 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.