Greenwood County Airport Explained

Greenwood County Airport
Iata:GRD
Icao:KGRD
Faa:GRD
Type:Public
Owner:Greenwood County
City-Served:Greenwood, South Carolina
Elevation-F:631
Coordinates:34.2486°N -82.1592°W
Pushpin Map:USA South Carolina
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in South Carolina
Pushpin Label:GRD
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
R1-Number:5/23
R1-Length-F:3,600
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:9/27
R2-Length-F:5,001
R2-Surface:Concrete
Stat-Year:2022
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:12,100
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:53
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Greenwood County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Greenwood, a city in Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] The airport does not have scheduled commercial airline service.

History

Greenwood County Airport opened in November 1943 as a United States Army Air Force military airfield called Coronaca Army Airfield. It was a sub-base of Greenville Army Air Base, supporting B-25 Mitchell medium bomber training for Third Air Force. Training was accomplished by the 50th Station Complement Squadron.

The military use of the airport ended on December 31, 1945 and the airfield was turned over to civil authorities and converted into a civil airport in 1947. It replaced the smaller Chinquapin Airport which was subsequently closed.

Facilities and aircraft

Greenwood County Airport covers an area of 1,380 acres (558 ha) at an elevation of 631 feet (192 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,600 by 60 feet (1,097 x 18 m), and 9/27 with an concrete surface measuring 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 16, 2022, the airport had 12,100 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 48 single-engine, and 5 multi-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027122657/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . October 27, 2012.

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