Mount Pleasant Regional Airport, also known as Faison Field, is a public airport located 9nmi northeast of the central business district of Mount Pleasant, a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Charleston County Aviation Authority. It was formerly the East Cooper Airport.Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LRO by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.Facilities and aircraftMount Pleasant Regional Airport covers an area of 300acre which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 3,700 x 75 ft (1,128 x 23 m).For the 12-month period ending September 21, 2006, the airport had 29,200 aircraft operations, an average of 80 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military. There are 72 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single engine, 8% multi-engine and 1% helicopter.
