| Grenada Municipal Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| USGS aerial photo, 11 February 1996 | |||
| IATA: none – ICAO: KGNF – FAA LID: GNF | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Grenada | ||
| Serves | Grenada, Mississippi | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 208 ft / 63 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 7,000 | 2,134 | Asphalt |
| 4/22 | 5,000 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 16,051 | ||
| Based aircraft | 15 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Grenada Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGNF, FAA LID: GNF) is a city-owned public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Grenada, a city in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States.[1] The airport serves the general aviation community, with no scheduled commercial airline service.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GNF by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
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Built during 1943, the airport was known as the Grenada Army Airfield during World War II, the United States Army Air Force Army Air Forces Training Command.
Grenada Army Airfield's primary mission was described as follows: A. The deliver Army ground force combat teams at strategic points by: a. Parachute troops and equipment b. Delivering gliders with troops and equipment B. The field's secondary mission was: a. Reinforcement and re-supply of ground troops b. Evacuation of wounded
The field consisted of three runways - all of which were approximately 5,000 feet (1,500 m) long. The ramp and taxi strips were concrete-ramp being 500 feet (150 m) by 3,000 feet (910 m) long. By the time the program was completed, fifty C-47 airplanes and 25 CG-4A gliders were brought to Grenada field to be serviced and prepared for use.
Troop Carrier Command assigned the following groups to the airfield for the purpose of training replacement crews.
The headquarters unit on the airfield was the 443d Base Headquarters Squadron. In 1953 the airfield was turned over to the City of Grenada and became known as the Grenada Municipal Airport. The military has since made improvements to the field and jointly uses it with civil aviation. [3]
Grenada Municipal Airport covers an area of 656 acres (265 ha) at an elevation of 208 feet (63 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 7,000 by 150 feet (2,134 x 46 m) and 4/22 is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending February 17, 2009, the airport had 16,051 aircraft operations, an average of 43 per day: 71% general aviation and 29% military. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport, one multi-engine craft and the remainder single-engine.[1]