Hunter Army Airfield

2006 USGS airphoto

IATA: SVN
ICAO: KSVN
FAA LID: SVN

Summary

Airport type

Military

Owner

United States Army

Serves

Fort Stewart

Location

Savannah, Georgia

Built

1929

In use

1929 – present

Commander

Lt. Col. Jose Aguilar

Occupants

3rd Infantry Division
United States Coast Guard
Landing Support Company Combat Logistics Regiment 45 USMC

Elevation AMSL

42 ft / 12 m

Coordinates

32°00′36″N 081°08′44″W / 32.01000°N 81.14556°W

Website

www.stewart.army.mil

Map

KSVN

Location of Hunter Army Airfield

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	11,375	3,467	Asphalt

Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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Hunter Army Airfield (IATA: SVN, ICAO: KSVN, FAA LID: SVN), located in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is a military airfield and subordinate installation to Fort Stewart located in Hinesville, Georgia.

Hunter features a runway that is 11,375 feet (3,468 m) long and an aircraft parking area that is more than 350 acres (1.4 km²). The runway and apron, combined with the 72,000 sq ft (6,689 m²) Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group (A/DACG) Facility and nearby railhead, allow the 3rd Infantry Division from nearby Fort Stewart to efficiently deploy soldiers and cargo worldwide. NASA identified Hunter as an alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle orbiters.

Currently, Hunter Army Airfield has approximately 5,000 soldiers, airmen and coast guardsmen on station. It is home of the aviation units of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) headquartered at Fort Stewart. There are also a number of non-divisional units assigned to Hunter as well.

Coast Guard Air Station Savannah is also located on Hunter Army Airfield. Equipped with MH-65 Dolphin helicopters, Air Station Savannah provides the Savannah area, Coastal Georgia and South Carolina with round-the-clock search and rescue coverage of the area, to include both inland waters and off shore areas.

In 1929, the General Aviation Committee of the Savannah City Council recommended that the 730 acre (3 km²) Belmont Tract, belonging to J. C. Lewis, be accepted by the Council as the future site of the Savannah Municipal Airport. The cost of the land was $35,000. By September 1929, the runway and several buildings were ready and the city officially opened the new facility, known as Savannah Municipal Airport.

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