Donaldson Center Airport

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Donaldson Field Airport
AMSL
956 ft / 291 m
Coordinates34°45′30″N 082°22′35″W / 34.75833°N 82.37639°W / 34.75833; -82.37639
Websitewww.sc-tac.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 8,000 2,438 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations54,643
Based aircraft54

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

U.S. Air Force announced Donaldson's closure in 1962. The City and County of Greenville took title of the facilities in 1964 and named it Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park.[3]

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,

F-16 at a hangar at the airport.[5]

Airlines and destinations

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Aeronaves TSM Laredo, Shreveport

Accidents

See also

References

  1. ^
    PDF
    , effective 2023-08-10
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: GDC / KGYH - Greenville, South Carolina (Donaldson Field Airport)
  3. ^ Donaldson Center: History
  4. ^ "SC National Guard cuts ribbon on new aviation support facility". DVIDS. December 25, 2016.
  5. ^ "Lockheed Martin Inaugurates F-16 Production Line In Greenville, South Carolina". Lockheed. April 23, 2019.
  6. Aviation Safety Network
    . Retrieved on August 24, 2023.

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