Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
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Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport Roger Milliken Field |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Greenville–Spartanburg Airport District |
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| Operator | Greenville–Spartanburg Airport Commission |
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| Serves | Upstate South Carolina | ||||||||||
| Location | Greer, South Carolina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 964 ft / 294 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°53′44″N 082°13′08″W / 34.89556°N 82.21889°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.GSPairport.com | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Commercial Passengers | 2,018,319 |
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| Scheduled Departures | 16,179 |
| Freight/Mail (lb.) | 60,000,000 |
Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport (IATA: GSP, ICAO: KGSP, FAA LID: GSP) (Roger Milliken Field) is near Greer, South Carolina, midway between Greenville and Spartanburg, the major cities of the Upstate region. The airport is the second-busiest airport in South Carolina, after Charleston International Airport, with about 2.02 million passengers in 2016.
Prior to construction of the Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport (GSP), each city had separate airports and competed for airline service. In the mid-1950s, Roger Milliken, a textile heir, industrialist, businessman (CEO of Milliken & Company), and political activist, as well as other Upstate business leaders, worked to get a shared commercial airport for both cities. In 1958, a proposal for an airport between the two cities was presented to the legislative delegation for the two counties, which approved the construction and the creation of an airport commission, headed by Milliken.
GSP opened on October 15, 1962, replacing Greenville Downtown Airport as the primary airline destination in the region. In the 1980s, GSP expanded its terminal and cargo facilities, and the runway was lengthened twice during the 1990s. In 2004 the airfield was named for Milliken.
Having been served by legacy carriers, with large hubs in nearby Atlanta and Charlotte, GSP had historically been plagued with high fares. The arrival of low-cost carriers in recent years has reduced fares and increased passenger figures. Allegiant Air began flights to Florida in 2006, and in 2011 Southwest Airlines began service to five cities.
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