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{{Short description|Airport in South Carolina}}
{{Infobox airport
| name         = Georgetown County Airport
| image        = Georgetownscapt-22feb95.jpg
| caption      = [[USGS]] 1995 [[orthophoto]]
| IATA         = GGE
| ICAO         = KGGE
| FAA          = GGE
| type         = Public
| owner        = Georgetown County
| operator     =
| city-served  = [[Georgetown, South Carolina]]
| location     = <!--if different than above-->
| elevation-f  = 40
| website      =
| coordinates  = {{coord|33|18|41|N|79|19|13|W|region:US-SC|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map            = USA South Carolina
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location of airport in South Carolina
| pushpin_label          = '''GGE'''
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number    = 5/23
| r1-length-f  = 6,000
| r1-surface   = Asphalt
| r2-number    = 11/29
| r2-length-f  = 4,539
| r2-surface   = Asphalt
| stat-year    = 2012
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data   = 48,000
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data   = 31
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=GGE|use=PU|own=PU|site=22292.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.</ref>
}}

'''Georgetown County Airport''' {{airport codes|GGE|KGGE|GGE}} is a county-owned, public-use [[airport]] located three&nbsp;[[nautical mile]]s (6&nbsp;[[kilometre|km]]) south of the [[central business district]] of [[Georgetown, South Carolina|Georgetown]], a city in [[Georgetown County, South Carolina]], United States.<ref name="FAA" /> It is included in the [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2011–2015, which [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] it as a ''[[general aviation]]'' facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf |title=2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A |format=PDF, 2.03 MB |work=National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |date=October 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf |archivedate=2012-09-27 }}</ref> The airport does not have scheduled [[commercial airline]] service.

== History ==
Georgetown airport was built in 1941 by the [[United States Navy]] and was used by the [[United States Marine Corps]] during [[World War II]] as an auxiliary airfield assigned to [[Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island|Parris Island Airfield]].   '''Georgetown Marine Corps Airfield (OLF)''' was also used by the [[United States Army Air Force]] light observation squadrons ([[105th Airlift Squadron|105th]], [[112th Fighter Squadron|112th]]) flying antisubmarine patrols over the Atlantic from May 1942 until August 1942.

The airport was turned over to civil authorities in June 1944, and it was developed into a public airport

== Facilities and aircraft ==
Georgetown County Airport covers an area of 680 [[acre]]s (275 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 40 feet (12 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] paved [[runway]]s: 5/23 is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30 m) and 11/29 is 4,539 by 150 feet (1,383 x 46 m).<ref name="FAA" />

For the 12-month period ending February 22, 2012, the airport had 48,000 aircraft operations, an average of 131 per day: 97% [[general aviation]], 2% [[air taxi]], and 1% [[military aviation|military]]. At that time there were 31 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]], 16% multi-engine, and 7% [[jet aircraft|jet]].<ref name="FAA" />

== See also ==
{{Portal|Aviation}}
* [[South Carolina World War II Army Airfields]]
* [[List of airports in South Carolina]]

== References ==
<references />
* {{AFHRA}}
* Manning, Thomas A. (2005), ''History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002''.  Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas {{OCLC|71006954|29991467}}

==External links==
* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=13&lat=33.3145&lon=-79.3192&w=500&h=500&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of February 1995]{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
* {{FAA-procedures|GGE}}
{{US-airport-ga|GGE}}

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