Bamberg County Airport

Bamberg County Airport also known as Tobul Field, is a county-owned public-use airport located west of the central business district of Bamberg, a city in Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States. The airport serves the general aviation community, with no scheduled commercial airline service. It was officially activated in October 1982.

Facilities and aircraft

Bamberg County Airport covers an area of at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway: 5/23 is by.
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.

Dedication

On 22 March 2022, Bamberg County Airport hosted a dedication ceremony to name the airport's airfield 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.
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.