By Delayna Earley
The Island News
LADY’S ISLAND – The Beaufort Executive Airport, on Lady’s Island, celebrated its re-opening on Thursday, April 27, 2023, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its newly renovated facility.
The Beaufort Executive Airport is a 110-acre General Aviation Airport located at 39 Airport Circle on Lady’s Island.
“We renovated the entire inside of the building. The building was completed in the late 1980s and hadn’t really been touched. We really opened up the floor plan and made it nice and open and airy,” Airports Director Jon Rembold said. “We got new furniture, we did a full landscaping project outside, we expanded our porch on the side where the airplanes come in, and we painted the brown brick so to give it a more elevated look.”
The renovation was strictly focused on the terminal building and took about a year and a half.
“We changed the name from Beaufort County Airport to Beaufort Executive Airport. We did that to elevate the status of the airport. So, when we did that, we had to look at ourselves and we decided that we didn’t look executive. That is how the project got started,” Rembold said.
The facility has 34 T-Hangers, a terminal building with a pilot lounge, kitchenette, vending machines, restrooms and showers and a conference room.
While several members of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, members of the Beaufort County Council and other elected officials were present, the staff of the airport were given the honor of cutting the ribbon.
The airport staff assists with ground transportation and hotel arrangements for pilots and services and fuels aircrafts, serving as the Fixed Base Operator (FBO).
“We call it the community’s airport, it is a public place. The beauty of a small aviation airport is that we really can invite the public to come out and check it out,” Rembold said.
Delayna Earley lives in Beaufort with her husband, two children and Jack Russell. She spent six years as a videographer and photographer for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette before leaving the Lowcountry in 2018. After freelancing in Myrtle Beach and Virginia, she joined The Island News when she moved back to Beaufort in 2022. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
