Hunter Army Airfield
Hunter Army Airfield (IATA: SVN, ICAO: KSVN, FAA LID: SVN), located in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is a military airfield and subordinate installation to Fort Stewart located in Hinesville, Georgia.
"Hunter Field" redirects here. For the baseball park in Texas, see Hunter Field (Abilene).
Hunter Army Airfield
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Military
1929
1929 – present
Lt. Col. Bob Cuthbertson[1]
3rd Infantry Division
United States Coast Guard
1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (United States)
3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (United States)
Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 45 (United States Marine Corps)
42 ft / 12 m
Hunter features a runway that is 11,375 feet (3,468 m) long and an aircraft parking area that is more than 350 acres (1.4 km2). The runway and apron, combined with the 72,000 sq ft (6,689 m2) Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group (A/DACG) Facility and nearby railhead, allow the 3rd Infantry Division from nearby Fort Stewart to efficiently deploy soldiers and cargo worldwide. NASA identified Hunter as an alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle orbiters.[3]
History[edit]
Origins[edit]
In 1929, the General Aviation Committee of the Savannah City Council recommended that the 730 acre (3 km2) Belmont Tract, belonging to J. C. Lewis, be accepted by the Council as the future site of the Savannah Municipal Airport. The cost of the land was $35,000. By September 1929, the runway and several buildings were ready and the city officially opened the new facility, known as Savannah Municipal Airport.
The airport became a part of Eastern Air Transport Incorporated air route on 2 December 1931, when Ida Hoynes, daughter of the Mayor, Thomas M. Hoynes, broke a bottle of Savannah River water on a propeller blade of an 18-passenger Curtiss Condor II during the christening ceremony.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency