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Majors Airport
USGS aerial image - 21 February 1995
IATA: GVT – ICAO: KGVT – FAA LID: GVT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Greenville
Serves Greenville, Texas
Elevation AMSL 535 ft / 163 m
Coordinates 33°04′04″N 096°03′55″W / 33.06778°N 96.06528°W / 33.06778; -96.06528Coordinates: 33°04′04″N 096°03′55″W / 33.06778°N 96.06528°W / 33.06778; -96.06528
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 8,030 2,448 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 35,640
Based aircraft 39
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Majors Airport (IATA: GVT, ICAO: KGVT, FAA LID: GVT) is a city-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southeast of the central business district of Greenville, a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States.

Originally named Majors Field, is mostly used for general aviation, but is also home to an L-3 Communications facility that is used to modify aircraft.

History

Majors Airport, named for Lieutenant Truett Majors, the first Hunt County native to perish in World War II, began operations on June 26, 1942, as a training center for the United States Army Air Forces. Lt Majors was killed in the 1942 Battle of the Philippines in January 1942. Greenville was chosen as a site for the USAAF basic flight-training center due to the efforts of the influential politician Sam Rayburn, the base was formally dedicated and named on 5 January 1943.

Majors Army Airfield was assigned initially to the Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Command), the airport was at one point the home to approximately 5,000 pilots, support personnel, and civilian employees. Majors also was a major training base for Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)s. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned.

In addition to training United States Army pilots, the airfield was the training site for Escuadrón 201 of the Mexican Air Force. The training center was reassigned to Second Air Force on 30 November 1944 as a group training center, primary for the assignment of replacement personnel to combat squadrons in Overseas theaters.

Majors AAF was inactivated on 18 July 1945 after the defeat of Germany; the city of Greenville then took ownership of the property, then leased the site to TEMCO (later L-3 Communications).

Facilities and aircraft

Majors Airport covers an area of 1,525 acres (617 ha) at an elevation of 535 feet (163 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 8,030 by 150 feet (2,448 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2007, the airport had 35,640 aircraft operations, an average of 97 per day: 92% general aviation and 8% military. At that time there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% multi-engine.



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Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective:2008-09-25
Airport Identifier:GVT
Airport Status:Operational
Longitude/Latitude:096-03-55.1970W/33-04-04.2200N
-96.065332/33.067839 (Estimated)
Elevation:535 ft / 163.07 m (Surveyed)
Land:1525 acres
From nearest city:4 nautical miles SE of Greenville, TX
Location:Hunt County, TX
Magnetic Variation:05E (1995)

Owner & Manager

Ownership:Publicly owned
Owner:City Of Greenville
Address:2821 Washington Street
Greenville, TX 75401
Phone number:903-457-3100
Manager:Lori Philyaw
ACTING AIRPORT MANAGER.
Address:Greenville Municipal Airport
Greenville, TX 75401
Phone number:903-457-3168

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use:Open to public
Wind indicator:Yes
Segmented Circle:Yes
Control Tower:Yes
Lighting Schedule:DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MALS RY 17 - CTAF.
Beacon Color:Clear-Green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee charge:No
Sectional chart:Dallas-ft Worth
Region:ASW - Southwest
Boundary ARTCC:ZFW - Fort Worth
Tie-in FSS:FTW - Fort Worth
FSS on Airport:No
FSS Phone:817-541-3474
FSS Toll Free:1-800-WX-BRIEF
NOTAMs Facility:GVT (NOTAM-d service avaliable)
Federal Agreements:NGPRY3

Airport Communications

CTAF:118.650
Unicom:122.950 

Airport Services

Fuel available:100LLA
Airframe Repair:MAJOR
Power Plant Repair:MAJOR
Bottled Oxygen:NONE
Bulk Oxygen:NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimension:8030 x 150 ft / 2447.5 x 45.7 m
Surface:ASPH, Good Condition
Weight Limit:Single wheel: 26000 lbs.
Edge Lights:Medium
 

Runway 17

Runway 35

Longitude:096-03-54.5590W096-03-55.7620W
Latitude:33-04-43.9493N33-03-24.5101N
Elevation:520.00 ft524.00 ft
Alignment:1271
ILS Type:ILS
Traffic Pattern:LeftLeft
Markings:Precision instrument, Poor Condition
MARKINGS TOTALLY FADED OUT.
Non-precision instrument, Poor Condition
MARKINGS TOTALLY FADED OUT.
Crossing Height:64.00 ft58.00 ft
VASI:4-light PAPI on left side4-light PAPI on left side
Visual Glide Angle:3.00°3.00°
Approach lights:MALS
Runway End Identifier:Yes
REIL OTS INDEFLY.
Obstruction:9 ft fence, 280.0 ft from runway, 500 ft right of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear11 ft fence, 200.0 ft from runway, 367 ft right of centerline
6 FT FENCE ON 5 FT HILL 367 FT RIGHT OF CNTRLN AT THLD.

Radio Navigation Aids

ID Type Name Ch Freq Var Dist
SYWNDBCash428.0005E5.2 nm
MIINDBCaddo Mills316.0006E9.4 nm
AVZNDBTravis260.0006E20.7 nm
PQFNDBMesquite248.0006E28.1 nm
HJMNDBRayburn415.0006E33.3 nm
JUGNDBJecca388.0006E33.7 nm
LNCNDBLancaster239.0006E44.4 nm
RBDNDBRedbird287.0006E47.0 nm
TYNDBTyler320.0006E49.4 nm
MJFTACANArvilla033X 05E0.2 nm
SLRVOR/DMESulphur Springs027X109.0008E27.5 nm
UIMVOR/DMEQuitman087X114.0008E37.0 nm
PRXVOR/DMEParis083X113.6007E42.1 nm
CVEVOR/DMECowboy109X116.2006E43.6 nm
BYPVORTACBonham093X114.6006E29.5 nm
DALVOTDallas Love Field113.3041.8 nm

Remarks

  • EXTENSIVE ACFT MODIFICATION TAKING PLACE
  • MILITARY USE: JASU - 1(B-10) 1(B-10A) 1(MD-3) 1(MA-1) 1(MA-3).

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General Info
Country United States
State TEXAS
FAA ID GVT
Latitude 33-04-04.220N
Longitude 096-03-55.197W
Elevation 535 feet
Near City GREENVILLE


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