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Donaldson Center Airport 
IATA: GDC – ICAO: KGYH – FAA LID: GYH Summary Airport type Public Owner Greenville City/County Serves Greenville, South Carolina Elevation AMSL 955 ft / 291 m Coordinates 34°45′30″N 082°22′35″W / 34.75833°N 82.37639°W Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 8,000 2,438 Concrete Statistics (2005) Aircraft operations 45,375 Based aircraft 83 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Donaldson Center 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 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 Center Airport is assigned GYH by the FAA and GDC by the IATA.[2]
Contents
History
Main article: Donaldson Air Force BaseGreenville Army Air Base opened in 1942 during World War II. It was later known as Greenville Air Force Base. In 1951 it was renamed Donaldson Air Force Base, in honor of Captain John O. Donaldson, a Greenville native and World War I flying ace. The 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 Center 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 October 31, 2005, the airport had 45,375 aircraft operations, an average of 124 per day: 84% general aviation, 10% air taxi and 6% military. At that time there were 83 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 14% multi-engine and 6% jet.[1]
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for GYH (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: GDC / KGYH - Greenville, South Carolina (Donaldson Center Airport)
- ^ Donaldson Center: History
External links
- Donaldson Center Airport page at Donaldson Center Airport Industrial Air Park website
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
- FAA Terminal Procedures for GYH, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KGYH
- ASN accident history for GDC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KGYH
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