Hunter Army Airfield
SVN · KSVN · Savannah, Georgia · Chatham County · map
Hunter Army Airfield is a private airport, 2 miles southwest of Savannah, Georgia, 41 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 11,375 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SVN · ICAO KSVN
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Elevation
- 41 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1230z ++ mon-0400z ++ saturday, except holidays.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A with additives; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 11,375 × 197 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the right, non-standard approach lights
- Runway 28: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.975 | Hunter |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.525 | Hunter |
| Ground | 121.8 | Hunter |
| Approach and departure | 120.4 | Hunter |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 011 to 109 | 125.3 | Hunter |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Hunter |
| Pre-taxi clearance | 126.2 | Hunter |
| Savannah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.925 | Hunter |
| Surveillance radar and precision approach radar · Ground-controlled approach | 134.7 | Hunter |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Savannah/Hilton Head International (8 nm north), Wright Army Airfield (Fort Stewart)/Midcoast Regional (22 nm west), Hilton Head Airport (26 nm northeast), Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport (30 nm north).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Savannah/Hilton Head International (8 nm north), Wright Army Airfield (Fort Stewart)/Midcoast Regional (22 nm west), Hilton Head Airport (26 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Georgia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate als runway 10; 3-STEP als runway 28; runway end identifier lights runway 10; PAPI runway 10 and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency when tower closed.
- U.S. confign TYPE-B 1500 feet long.
- NS abtmt: procedures in effect 0300Z-1200Z++ MON-SAT; 0300Z-1800Z++ Sunday. Practice multiple circling approach cat C, D, east not authorized below 1500 feet. No ovft of Savannah and sur populated areas below 1000 feet unless on approach to Hunter Aaf. Quiet hour 0230-1030Z++.
- Jasu: 3(AF M32A-86) 3(dnd CE12 equivalent) 1(dnd CE14 equivalent) 1(AF M32-95).
- Oil: O-156.
- Tran alert: ltd service available 1230-0400Z++ MON-SAT, except holidays.
- Caution: wildlife haz. Seagull haz.
- Traffic pattern: F/west 1500 feet, R/west 700 feet.
- Misc: R/west pilots planning to conduct operates within R3005 must rcv a rng briefing prior to operates. Briefing shall be accomplished at least 4 hour prior to flight on the reservation. Aviators briefed within the past 6 months may rcv fone update.
- See flip AP/1 supplementary airport rmk.
- Caution: taxiway 7E/W closed. No R/west hovering on west ramp without prior permission.
- Compass rose calibration out of service.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Savannah from the FAA register
437 aircraft are registered to owners in Savannah, Georgia: 277 business jets, 111 piston singles, 29 turboprops, 8 piston twins, 6 helicopters. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Hansen Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · Savannah, 9 miles away Hansen Aviation is a flight school located at Midcoast Regional Airport in Hinesville, Georgia.
- Icarus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Richmond Hill, 12 miles away
Repair stations in Savannah:
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
- Gulfstream Services Corporation
- Rolls-Royce Corporation
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Savannah 437 aircraft · 277 business jets, 111 piston singles, 29 turboprops
- Gulfstream Aerospace CORP 281 aircraft in town
- Dmac Aircraft LLC 18 aircraft in town
- Gulfstream Leasing LLC 11 aircraft in town
- Hansen Aviation LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Hansen Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Icarus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation · repair station
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation · repair station
- Gulfstream Services Corporation · repair station
- Rolls-Royce Corporation · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Georgia 105 landing places
- Georgia 8,801 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SVN.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.