Malcolm McKinnon Airport

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Coordinates: 31°09′07″N 081°23′29″W / 31.15194, -81.39139

Malcolm McKinnon Airport McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport
IATA: SSI – ICAO: KSSI – FAA: SSI
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Glynn County
Serves		Brunswick, Georgia
Location		St. Simons Island
Elevation AMSL		19 ft / 6 m
Website		GlynnCountyAirports.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	5,800	1,768	Asphalt
16/34	3,313	1,010	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			47,750
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Malcolm McKinnon Airport (IATA: SSI, ICAO: KSSI, FAA LID: SSI) is a county-owned public-use airport located five miles (8 km) east of the central business district of Brunswick, a city in Glynn County, Georgia, United States.^[1]

Located on St. Simons Island, it is also known McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport. It was named for Malcom B. McKinnon, chairman of the County Commission when construction started in 1935. The airport opened on May 28, 1938, seven months after his death.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Malcolm McKinnon Airport covers an area of 320 acres (129 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 measuring 5,800 x 100 ft. (1,768 x 30 m) and 16/34 measuring 3,313 x 75 ft. (1,010 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending August 7, 2007, the airport had 47,750 aircraft operations, an average of 130 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military.^[1]