Donaldson Field
GYH · KGYH · Greenville, South Carolina · Greenville County · map
Donaldson Field is a public-use airport owned by Greenville City/County, 6 miles south of Greenville, South Carolina, 956 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 8,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 54 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 60,467 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KGYH · observed 6:47 pm EDT (22:47 UTC), 6 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGYH 062247Z 08007KT 10SM CLR 21/13 A3007
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 GYH · ICAO KGYH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Greenville City/County
- Elevation
- 956 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 8,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 42 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 133.325 | Donaldson |
| UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.325 | Donaldson |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.4 | Donaldson |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BIMMR) · Departure procedure (BWALL) | 118.8 | Donaldson |
| Owing and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.35 | Donaldson |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 864-277-5674.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 60,467, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 · 5 since 1982, 0 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
- Existed prior to 1958.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- BAK-14 (1502 feet).
- BAK-14 (1703 feet).
- Arng operations ptd - 41.3 308.7 remarks: arng operations C803-299-5214 (Greenville operations).
- Taxiway a closed to wingspans gtr than 79 feet WO prior cdn with airport mgmt.
- Surface conditions not rprtd daily 9PM to 7AM local.
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.