Donalsonville Municipal Airport

Donalsonville Municipal Airport
Donalsonville Army Auxiliary Airfield

2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: noneICAO: noneFAA LID: 17J
Summary
Serves Donalsonville, Georgia
Coordinates 31°00′29″N 084°52′23″W / 31.00806°N 84.87306°W / 31.00806; -84.87306
Map
17J

Location of Donalsonville Municipal Airport

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 5,182 1,579 asphalt

Donalsonville Municipal Airport is an airport located 2 miles south of Donalsonville, Georgia.

History

Opened in July 1944, during World War II, the airport was used as an auxiliary training airfield for the Army pilot school at Bainbridge Army Airfield. With the end of the war, it was turned over to the city of Donalsonville and developed into a municipal airport.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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