Greenville Downtown Airport
GMU · KGMU · Greenville, South Carolina · Greenville County · map
Greenville Downtown Airport is a public-use airport owned by Greenville Airport Commission, 3 miles east of Greenville, South Carolina, 1,048 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 5,393 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGMU · observed 4:53 pm EDT (20:53 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:24 pm EDT (17:24 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGMU 062053Z 05006KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02280111 56019 $
TAF KGMU 061724Z 0618/0718 06009KT P6SM SCT040 FM062300 05005KT P6SM FEW250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GMU · ICAO KGMU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Greenville Airport Commission
- Elevation
- 1,048 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- weekends, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1937
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,393 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 4,000 × 80 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
| H2 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 01: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), tree 35 ft high 1,247 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 117 ft high 2,580 ft from the end
- Runway 10: threshold displaced 267 ft, 3,463 ft available for landing, tree 36 ft high 707 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 271 ft, 3,463 ft available for landing, tree 31 ft high 444 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.9 | Greenville |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Gmu and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.075 | Greenville |
| Ground | 121.25 | Greenville |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BIMMR) · Departure procedure (BWALL) | 118.8 | Greenville |
| Owing and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.35 | Greenville |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 864-239-0014.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Greenville from the FAA register
126 aircraft are registered to owners in Greenville, South Carolina: 80 piston singles, 12 piston twins, 11 business jets, 9 turboprops, 5 balloons. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 26 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Airport existed prior to 1959; helipads are conditional. See airspace letter dated jan 24, 1990 for conditions.
- Aircraft oper in the Greenville airport traffic area south through east be alert for jet and conventional traffic des on the GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG localizer crs.
- ATC-CTL. when the control tower closed activate malsf runway 01; runway end identifier lights runway 19; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; perimeter lights H1, H2, and taxiway lghts - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 28; PAPI runway 01, 19, 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 unavailable when tower closed.
- Pattern altitude: 800 feet above ground level for light aircraft, 1000 feet above ground level for hvy aircraft.
- Arresting gear/system: engineered material arresting system (emas) 157 feet in length by 113 feet in width at the departure end of runway 01.
- Mult trees 89 feet from runway 10 pavement end.
- Runway 10 approach is 28:1 at displaced thld.
- Runway 28 approach is 36:1 at displaced thld.
- Aircraft inbd from the ssw or on ILS runway 01 approach be alert for traffic 4.5 MI south operg in the donaldson field airport traffic pattern at 1800 feet or below.
- No overnight parking on helipads.
- No aircraft pmtd on taxiways 'C' or 'D' when aircraft gtr than 12500 pounds is operg on runway 10/28.
- Runway 10/28 rstrd to small aircraft (less than 12500 pounds) when aircraft operg on taxiways C or D.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.