Northeast Georgia Regional Airport

Northeast Georgia Regional Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Northeast Georgia Regional Airport
nativename = Winder-Barrow Airport



IATA = WDR
ICAO = KWDR
FAA = WDR
type = Public
owner = Barrow County Airport Authority
operator =
city-served = Winder, Georgia
location =
elevation-f = 943
elevation-m = 287
website = [http://www.WDRairport.com/ www.WDRairport.com]
r1-number = 13/31
r1-length-f = 5,500
r1-length-m = 1,676
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 5/23
r2-length-f = 3,610
r2-length-m = 1,100
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 28,400
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 122
footnotes = Sources: FAAFAA-airport|ID=WDR|use=PU|own=PU|site=04109.*A, effective 2007-12-20] and airport web site [ [http://www.wdrairport.com/ Northeast Georgia Regional Airport] , official site]

Northeast Georgia Regional Airport airport codes|WDR|KWDR|WDR, formerly Winder-Barrow Airport, is located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district of Winder, a city in Barrow County, Georgia, United States. This public-use facility is owned by the Barrow County Airport Authority.

As per the airport's web site, the name was changed to Northeast Georgia Regional Airport on December 20, 2005. [ [http://www.wdrairport.com/history.htm Northeast Georgia Regional Airport: History] , official site] The Georgia DOT airport directory has also been updated to show the new name. [ [http://tomcat2.dot.state.ga.us/Aviation/Airport_Information/selected_airport.cfm?FAAIdentifier=WDR Northeast Georgia Regional Airport] at Georgia DOT web site] However, the FAA master record as of December 20, 2007, still refers to it as Winder-Barrow Airport.

The airport is home to The Flight School (a Cessna Pilot Center), a restaurant called the Spitfire Cafe and 148th medical company (air ambulance) of the Georgia Air National Guard.

Facilities and aircraft

Winder-Barrow Airport covers an area of 374 acres (151 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 measures 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m) and 5/23 measures 3,610 x 100 ft (1,100 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending April 25, 2007, the airport had 28,400 aircraft operations, an average of 77 per day: 82% general aviation and 18% military. There are 122 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 4% military, 1% jet and helicopter.

References

External links

*WikiMapia|33.9829|-83.6674|15|Aerial photo
*US-airport-ga|WDR


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