Vidalia Regional Airport

Vidalia Regional Airport
Vidalia-Lyons Army Airfield

2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: VDI – ICAO: KVDI – FAA LID: VDI
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Vidalia
Serves Vidalia, Georgia
Location Vidalia, Georgia
Elevation AMSL 275 ft / 84 m
Coordinates 32°11′34″N 082°22′16″W / 32.19278°N 82.37111°W / 32.19278; -82.37111
Map
KVDI

Location of Vidalia Regional Airport

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 6,003 1,830 Concrete
13/31 5,000 1,524 Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 17,000
Based aircraft 21
Vidalia, Ga (left) and Vidalia Regional Airport (right).

Vidalia Regional Airport (IATA: VDI, ICAO: KVDI, FAA LID: VDI) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of the city Vidalia, in Toombs County, Georgia, United States.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Vidalia Regional Airport covers an area of 1,245 acres (504 ha) at an elevation of 275 feet (84 m) above mean sea level. It has two concrete paved runways: 6/24 measuring 6,003 by 100 feet (1,830 x 30 m) and 13/31 measuring 5,000 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 2, 2007, the airport had 17,000 aircraft operations, an average of 46 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% military. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 5% helicopter.[1]

History

The airfield was opened to the public on 12 August 1940. In May 1943, during World War II, the airport was requisitioned by the United States Army Air Forces, and was known as Vidalia-Lyons Army Airfield. Also known as Turner AAF Auxiliary Airfield No. 8, the airfield supported the elementary & advanced training in two-engine aircraft being conducted at Turner AAF.

The airfield inactivated on 28 December 1944, and was declared surplus in 1946.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for VDI (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10

External links

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