- Malcolm McKinnon Airport
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Coordinates: 31°09′07″N 081°23′29″W / 31.15194°N 81.39139°W
Malcolm McKinnon Airport
McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport
IATA: SSI – ICAO: KSSI – FAA LID: SSI Summary Airport type Public Owner Glynn County Serves Brunswick, Georgia Location St. Simons Island Elevation AMSL 19 ft / 6 m Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 5,800 1,768 Asphalt 16/34 3,313 1,010 Asphalt Statistics (2007) Aircraft operations 47,750 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Malcolm McKinnon Airport (IATA: SSI, ICAO: KSSI, FAA LID: SSI) is a county-owned public-use airport located five miles (8 km) east of the central business district of Brunswick, a city in Glynn County, Georgia, United States.[1]
Located on St. Simons Island, it is also known McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport. It was named for Malcom B. McKinnon, chairman of the County Commission when construction started in 1935. The airport opened on May 28, 1938, seven months after his death.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
Installations of the Naval Reserve Training Station in the mid-1940s.
Malcolm McKinnon Airport covers an area of 320 acres (130 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 measuring 5,800 x 100 ft (1,768 x 30 m) and 16/34 measuring 3,313 x 75 ft (1,010 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending August 7, 2007, the airport had 47,750 aircraft operations, an average of 130 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military.[1]
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for SSI (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ^ McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport History
External links
- Naval Reserve Training Station St Simons in the US Naval Aviation News June 1946
- Glynn County Airport Commission
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KSSI
- ASN accident history for SSI
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KSSI
Categories:- Airports in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Buildings and structures in Glynn County, Georgia
- Transportation in Glynn County, Georgia
- Southern United States airport stubs
- Georgia (U.S. state) geography stubs
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