Greenwood County Airport

Greenwood County Airport

Coronaca Army Airfield
Greenwood County Airport; Coronaca Army Airfield
	Orthophoto from USGS
	IATA: GRD; ICAO: KGRD; FAA LID: GRD;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Greenwood County
Serves	Greenwood, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL	631 ft / 192 m
Coordinates	34°14′55″N 082°09′33″W / 34.24861°N 82.15917°WCoordinates: 34°14′55″N 082°09′33″W / 34.24861°N 82.15917°W
Map
	GRD Location of airport in South Carolina
Runways
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	40,000
Based aircraft	53
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Greenwood County Airport (IATA: GRD, ICAO: KGRD, FAA LID: GRD) 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.^[1] 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 one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,003 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 1, 2011, the airport had 40,000 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for GRD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on October 27, 2012.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC