Rock Hill/York County Airport is a general aviation and

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located 5 miles (7 km) from the central business district of Rock Hill, in York County,

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. It is owned and operated by the City of Rock Hill, but York County is also represented on the Airport Commission. The airport was originally referred to as Bryant Field, after South Carolina Aviation Hall of Fame inductee Robert E. Bryant, but the name has since been dropped to avoid confusion with Bryant Field in California. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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and IATA, Rock Hill/York County Airport is assigned UZA by the FAA and RKH by the IATA.

History and expansion

Rock Hill/York County Airport first opened in 1959 on a tract of land purchased by the Rock Hill City Council. In 1960 an airport commission was formed with six local members interested in the advancement of the airport’s facilities. Over the years, the Rock Hill/York County Airport team has pushed for recognition of the airport as a key

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gateway to the Carolinas. In 1991, the runway was extended to its current length of 5,500 feet, allowing support for virtually all piston and

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aircraft in addition to most short-to-medium range

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s. A terminal, called the John Anderson Hardin Terminal, was built in 1999 and refurbished in 2015 to include state-of-the-art facilities for pilots and travelers. It is named after Rock Hill mayor John Hardin for his vision and commitment to Rock Hill/York County Airport between 1958 and 1963. As a design for the future, an Airport Master Plan developed by UZA Airport Management was adopted by the

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on September 26, 2003. This dynamic plan was put in place to occur over a 20-year period from 2003–2022 and includes enhancements such as rehabilitating airfield lights (completed in 2010), overlaying the runway (completed in 2012), repaving

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s (being completed in 2016), and extending the runway by 1,000 feet to accommodate

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Facilities and aircraft

Rock Hill/York County Airport covers an area of which contains one

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paved

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(2/20) measuring x . , the airport handled 28,100 aircraft operations for the year, or about 77 per day, 95% of which are classified as general aviation. There are 146 aircraft based at this airport: 140 single piston/multi-engine aircraft, 2 jets/

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, and 4

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s. Skytech is a full-service FBO at Rock Hill/York County Airport, located just north of the terminal building. Pilots, travelers, and aircraft owners benefit from Skytech’s

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full-service fueling,

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full- and self-service fueling, on-demand car rental, and more.

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and Pilatus aircraft sales as well as passenger charter services are also offered onsite through Skytech.

References

External links

Rock Hill - York County Airport
at City of Rock Hill website
Skytech, Inc.
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Airport Master Plan
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History and expansion

Facilities and aircraft

See also

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