Barrow County Airport (IATA: WDR, ICAO: KWDR, FAA LID: WDR) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Winder, a city in Barrow County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the Barrow County Airport Authority.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Barrow County Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Winder, Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 934 ft / 285 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°58′58″N 083°40′03″W / 33.98278°N 83.66750°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.WDRairport.com | ||||||||||||||
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The airport was previously known as Northeast Georgia Regional Airport and prior to December 2005 it was known as Winder-Barrow Airport.[4] It is home to Dragonfly Aviation, and the 148th medical company (air ambulance) of the Georgia Army National Guard.
Facilities and aircraft
editBarrow County Airport covers an area of 374 acres (151 ha) at an elevation of 934 feet (285 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 5,202 by 100 feet (1,586 x 30 m) and 5/23 is 3,607 by 100 feet (1,099 x 30 m)[1] Runway 13/31 has an instrument landing system.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 50,000 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per day: 90% general aviation and 10% military. At that time there were 115 aircraft based at this airport: 86 single-engine, 19 multi-engine, 2 jet, 3 helicopter, and 5 military.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for WDR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Barrow County Airport (official site)".
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
- ^ "History". Barrow County Airport.
External links
edit- WDR - Barrow County (Winder) at Georgia DOT airport directory
- Romanair Inc., the fixed-base operator (FBO)
- Dragonfly Aviation, a flight school
- Aerial image as of March 1999 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for WDR, effective November 28, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for WDR
- AirNav airport information for KWDR
- ASN accident history for WDR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures