🇺🇸 Greenwood County Airport

The Greenwood County Airport (KGRD), also known by its IATA code GRD, is a public airport located 3 miles north of Greenwood, South Carolina. It serves the general aviation community and does not have scheduled commercial airline service.

• Location: 3 miles north of Greenwood, South Carolina, on 1380 acres of land.
• Runways:
• Runway 09/27: 5,001 x 100 feet (1524 x 30 meters) with a concrete surface in excellent condition. It is a non-precision instrument runway.
• Runway 05/23: 3,600 x 60 feet (1097 x 18 meters) with an asphalt/aggregate friction seal coated surface in fair condition. This is a basic runway.
• Operations: The airport is open to the public and does not have a control tower. It offers services such as fuel (100LL and Jet-A), transient tiedowns, major airframe repair, minor engine repair, charter services, pilot instruction, and aircraft rental.
• Historical Significance: It opened in November 1943 as Coronaca Army Airfield, a United States Army Air Force military airfield. It served as a sub-base for Greenville Army Air Base, supporting B-25 Mitchell medium bomber training. Military use ended on December 31, 1945, and it was converted to a civil airport.

*Sources researched: skyvector.com, airports-worldwide.com, greenwoodcounty-sc.gov*