# Georgetown County Airport (GGE / KGGE)

**Georgetown County Airport** (IATA: GGE, ICAO: KGGE) is a small airport in Georgetown, South Carolina, United States. It opened in Jun 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,005 ft (1,830 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgge

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GGE / KGGE
- FAA: GGE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Georgetown, South Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jun 1944
- Elevation: 40 ft / 12 m
- Coordinates: 33.3117, -79.3196
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,005 ft / 1,830 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.georgetowncountyairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_County_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274675
- Weather station: KGGE
- Ident: KGGE

## Timeline

- Jun 1944: Georgetown County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 6,005 ft / 1,830 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 041° / 221° | yes |
| 11/29 | 4,539 ft / 1,384 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 101° / 281° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,005 ft / 1,830 m | =4,531 of 29,858 | =1,242 in North America | =972 in US |
| Elevation | 40 ft / 12 m | =39,875 of 43,403 | =18,049 in North America | =14,891 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | MYRTLE BEACH APP/DEP | 127.400 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 24.200 |
| CLD | MYRTLE BEACH CLNC | 119.700 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgge/data