KCRE is the ICAO code for Grand Strand Airport (IATA CRE), located in North Myrtle Beach, SC.
Grand Strand Airport (KCRE) is a medium airport in North Myrtle Beach, SC. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KCRE or IATA code CRE. It sits in North America.
Grand Strand Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 5,997-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 5,997 ft (1,828 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.
Grand Strand Airport sits near sea level at 32 ft.
Local operations run on America/New_York. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 42 departing and 107 arriving private-jet legs at KCRE across the next six months of operator inventory. 7 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KCRE are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.