# Donaldson Field Airport (GDC / KGYH)

**Donaldson Field Airport** (IATA: GDC, ICAO: KGYH) is a small airport in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. It opened in Apr 1943. It has one runway, 8,000 ft (2,438 m) long, concrete. In 2018 it handled 56 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GDC / KGYH
- FAA: GYH
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Greenville, South Carolina, United States
- Opened: Apr 1943
- Elevation: 956 ft / 291 m
- Coordinates: 34.7583, -82.3764
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,000 ft / 2,438 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 2 departures, 4 arrivals
- Passengers: 56 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.donaldsoncenter.com/dc_apinfo.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donaldson_Center_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1654467
- Weather station: KGYH
- Ident: KGYH

## Timeline

- Apr 1943: Donaldson Field Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 040° / 220° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00179AD.PDF

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [SHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kshv.md) Shreveport Regional Airport · United States · 678 mi / 1,091 km · Aeronaves TSM
- [LRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klrd.md) Laredo International Airport · United States · 1,125 mi / 1,810 km · Aeronaves TSM

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GDC, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- VTM [Aeronaves TSM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeronaves-tsm) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 56 (2018) | =3,706 of 3,974 | =970 in North America | =721 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | =2,750 of 29,858 | =583 in North America | =438 in US |
| Elevation | 956 ft / 291 m | =18,458 of 43,403 | =8,311 in North America | =6,688 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | GREER APP/DEP | 118.800 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 127.325 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.400 |
| GND | GND | 121.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 133.325 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 133.325 |

## Nearby airports

- [SC97](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sc97.md) Riverbend Airpark · 3.0 mi / 4.9 km
- [GMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgmu.md) Greenville Downtown Airport · 6.4 mi / 10 km
- [SC43](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sc43.md) Moores Field · 11 mi / 18 km
- [SC82](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sc82.md) Oakhill Airpark · 12 mi / 19 km
- [SC47](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sc47.md) Parker Field · 12 mi / 20 km
- [1SC1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1sc1.md) Lagniappe STOL Field · 12 mi / 20 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Donaldson Center Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donaldson_Center_Airport&oldid=1364482575), revision of 16 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kgyh/data