Donaldson Center Airport

Donaldson Field Airport 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 is located at the Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park and is owned by the City and County of Greenville.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Donaldson Field Airport is assigned GYH by the FAA and GDC by the IATA.

History
Greenville 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 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.

Facilities and aircraft
Donaldson Field Airport covers an area of 1,300 acre 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 December 31, 2022, the airport had 54,643 aircraft operations, an average of 150 per day: 71% general aviation, 21% air taxi and 7% military. At that time there were 54 aircraft based at this airport: 30 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 3 jet, 1 helicopter, 12 military, and 1 ultra-light.

The site is also home to an Army Aviation Support Facility of the South Carolina Army National Guard which opened on February 19, 2014.

The fixed-base operators (FBO) located on the field are Avserve and Donaldson Jet Center which is the other operation along with Greenville Jet Center which is located at KGMU.

In 2019, Lockheed Martin established production of the F-16 at a hangar at the airport.

Accidents

 * On December 16, 1948, a USAF Fairchild C-82 Packet crashed 5 km S of then Greenville AFB on a local flight. Four out of the 7 on board were killed.