Donaldson Center Airport
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AMSL 956 ft / 291 m | | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°45′30″N 082°22′35″W / 34.75833°N 82.37639°W | ||||||||||
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Donaldson Field Airport (IATA: GDC, ICAO: KGYH, FAA LID: GYH) is a public airport six miles (10 km) south of the central business district of Greenville, a city in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. It is located at the Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park and is owned by the City and County of Greenville.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Donaldson Field Airport is assigned GYH by the FAA and GDC by the IATA.[2]
History
Greenville Army Air Base opened in 1942 during
Facilities and aircraft
Donaldson Field Airport covers an area of 1,300 acres (530 ha) which contains one runway designated 5/23 with 8,000 x 150 ft (2,438 x 46 m) concrete pavement.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 54,643 aircraft operations, an average of 150 per day: 71% general aviation, 21% air taxi and 7% military. At that time there were 54 aircraft based at this airport: 30 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 3 jet, 1 helicopter, 12 military, and 1 ultra-light.[1]
The site is also home to an Army Aviation Support Facility of the South Carolina Army National Guard which opened on February 19, 2014.[4]
The fixed-base operators (FBO) located on the field are Avserve and Donaldson Jet Center which is the other operation along with Greenville Jet Center which is located at KGMU.[clarification needed]
In 2019,
Airlines and destinations
Cargo
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aeronaves TSM | Laredo, Shreveport |
Accidents
- On December 16, 1948, a USAF Fairchild C-82 Packet crashed 5 km S of then Greenville AFB on a local flight. Four out of the 7 on board were killed.[6]
See also
References
- ^ PDF, effective 2023-08-10
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: GDC / KGYH - Greenville, South Carolina (Donaldson Field Airport)
- ^ Donaldson Center: History
- ^ "SC National Guard cuts ribbon on new aviation support facility". DVIDS. December 25, 2016.
- ^ "Lockheed Martin Inaugurates F-16 Production Line In Greenville, South Carolina". Lockheed. April 23, 2019.
- Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on August 24, 2023.
External links
- Donaldson Center Airport Archived 2018-08-05 at the Wayback Machine page at Donaldson Center Airport Industrial Air Park website
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective March 21, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for GYH, effective March 21, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GYH
- AirNav airport information for KGYH
- ASN accident history for GDC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures