Commodore Decatur Airport

Commodore Decatur Airport is a closed airport located 2 miles west-northwest of Bainbridge, Georgia, United States.

Commodore Decatur Airport Commodore Decatur Army Auxiliary Airfield
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Serves	Bainbridge, Georgia
Coordinates	30°54′56″N 084°36′32″W
Map
Location of Commodore Decatur Airport

History

Built by the United States Army Air Forces around 1943, during World War II, the airport was used as an auxiliary training airfield for the Army pilot school at Bainbridge Army Airfield.

With the end of the war, it was turned over to the city of Donalsonville and developed into a municipal airport. It was closed around 1995.

Today, the closed airport is used every year for a Bikefest. Motorcycle clubs from all over the southeast show up for a week; they race on the strip and camp out.

The runway on the northwest is complete, with runway markers and lines still visible.

See also

• Georgia World War II Army Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Abandoned Airports: Commodore Decatur Airport
• WWII Airfield Database - Georgia