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Hunter Field

Hunter Army Airfield
3rd Infantry Division CSIB.svg 1 Ranger Battalion Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.svg US Army Special Operations Aviation Command SSI.png
Hunter Army Airfield - Georgia.jpg
2006 USGS airphoto
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 / 32.01000; -81.14556
Website www.stewart.army.mil
Map
KSVN is located in Georgia (U.S. state)
KSVN
KSVN
Location of Hunter Army Airfield
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 11,375 3,467 Asphalt

Hunter Army Airfield (IATA: SVNICAO: KSVNFAA 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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