Bamberg County Airport

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Bamberg County Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBamberg County
Serves Bamberg, South Carolina
Location Bamberg County, near Bamberg, South Carolina
Elevation  AMSL 231 ft / 70 m
Coordinates 33°18′16″N081°6′30″W / 33.30444°N 81.10833°W / 33.30444; -81.10833
Website https://bambergair.com/
Map
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Bamberg County Airport
Bamberg County Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
5/233,6031,098Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Aircraft operations700
Based aircraft3

Bamberg County Airport( FAA LID : 99N) also known as Tobul Field, [2] is a county-owned public-use airport located 5 nautical miles (9.3 kilometres) west of the central business district of Bamberg, a city in Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States. [1] The airport serves the general aviation community, [3] with no scheduled commercial airline service. It was officially activated in October 1982. [4]

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Facilities and aircraft

Bamberg County Airport covers an area of 94 acres (38 ha) at an elevation of 231 feet (70 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway: 5/23 is 3,603 feet (1,098 m) by 60 feet (18 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending 29 July 2020, the airport had 700 aircraft operations, an average of 2 per day: 100% general aviation, 0% air taxi and 0% military. At that time there were 3 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine. [1]

Dedication

On 22 March 2022, Bamberg County Airport hosted a dedication ceremony to name the airport's airfield (including the runway and maintenance area) Tobul Field after Bamberg County businessman Joseph Tobul. Tobul had selected the city of Bamberg as the location of a plant for Tobul Accumulators, of which he was the CEO. [5]

He would also later construct a hangar at the airport, and contribute to maintaining the facilities there. Additionally, he gained recognition for restoring several World War II aircraft, namely an F4U Corsair named Korean War Hero. He died when flying the Corsair at an airshow on 10 November, 2002. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for AIK PDF , effective 13 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tobul Field dedication March 22". The Times and Democrat . Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2021–2025 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 30 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "AirNav: 99N - Bamberg County Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  5. 1 2 "Bamberg County Airport Dedicates Tobul Field in Memory of Longtime Local Businessman Joseph "Joe" Tobul" (PDF). sccounties.org. 2022.


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