Berkeley County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. It is located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Moncks Corner, South Carolina.Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MKS by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned MKS to Mekane Selam Airport in Ethiopia).Facilities and aircraftBerkeley County Airport covers an area of 236acre at an elevation of 73 feet (22 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,351 by 75 feet (1,326 x 23 m).For the 12-month period ending April 21, 2010, the airport had 29,550 aircraft operations, an average of 80 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine and 11% multi-engine.
"The Berkeley County Airport is owned and operated by Berkeley County Government. The County took over the Fixed Based Operation FBO at the airport on July 1, 1999. Operating the FBO, guarantees Berkeley County the opportunity to provide exemplary service and to do so efficiently and effectively. A full-time staff operating 7 days per week, allows Berkeley County to develop the airport and support the increasing aviation needs of the community."
