Located on St. Simons Island, it is also known St. Simons Island Airport at McKinnon field. The airfield was named after Malcom B. McKinnon, chairman of the County Commission when construction started in 1935. The airport opened on May 28, 1938, seven months after his death.[2] During World War II, it operated as Naval Air Station St. Simons Island and was eventually home to the Navy Radar Training School. Although NAS St. Simons Island remained an active air station following the war, its activities were eventually merged into nearby NAS Glynco and by 1947 it was finally closed as a naval air station and became a civil airport.[3]
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mckinnon, simons, island, airport, 15194, 39139, 15194, 39139, simons, island, airport, mckinnon, fieldiata, ssiicao, kssifaa, ssisummaryairport, typepublicownerglynn, countyservesbrunswick, georgialocationst, simons, islandelevation, amsl19, mwebsite, mapssis. 31 09 07 N 081 23 29 W 31 15194 N 81 39139 W 31 15194 81 39139 St Simons Island Airport at McKinnon FieldIATA SSIICAO KSSIFAA LID SSISummaryAirport typePublicOwnerGlynn CountyServesBrunswick GeorgiaLocationSt Simons IslandElevation AMSL19 ft 6 mWebsite 1 MapSSIShow map of GeorgiaSSIShow map of the United StatesRunwaysDirection Length Surfaceft m4 22 5 584 1 702 Asphalt16 34 3 313 1 010 AsphaltStatistics 2022 Aircraft operations43 070Source Federal Aviation Administration 1 St Simons Island Airport at McKinnon Field formerly Malcolm McKinnon Airport IATA SSI ICAO KSSI FAA LID SSI is six miles east of Brunswick in Glynn County Georgia 1 Located on St Simons Island it is also known St Simons Island Airport at McKinnon field The airfield was named after Malcom B McKinnon chairman of the County Commission when construction started in 1935 The airport opened on May 28 1938 seven months after his death 2 During World War II it operated as Naval Air Station St Simons Island and was eventually home to the Navy Radar Training School Although NAS St Simons Island remained an active air station following the war its activities were eventually merged into nearby NAS Glynco and by 1947 it was finally closed as a naval air station and became a civil airport 3 Contents 1 Previous airline service 2 Facilities 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPrevious airline service editDelta Air Lines served Brunswick Georgia which it listed as Sea Island in its timetables from 1945 through the 1960s 4 In 1946 a Delta Douglas DC 3 was scheduled Chicago Cincinnati Knoxville Asheville Greenville SC Spartanburg SC Augusta Savannah Brunswick Jacksonville Miami 5 In 1969 Delta Convair 440s flew nonstop to Atlanta and Jacksonville 6 Delta moved its Brunswick flights to Naval Air Station Glynco now the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport where it flew McDonnell Douglas DC 9 30s in the early 1970s 7 Eastern Airlines served Brunswick from 1945 until 1964 Facilities edit nbsp Installations of the Naval Reserve Training Station mid 1940s nbsp Aircraft at St Simons in the 1970sThe airport covers 320 acres 130 ha and has two asphalt runways 4 22 is 5 584 x 100 ft 1 702 x 30 m and 16 34 is 3 313 x 75 ft 1 010 x 23 m In the year ending December 31 2022 the airport had 43 070 aircraft operations average 118 per day 99 general aviation and 2 military 1 See also editList of airports in Georgia U S state References edit a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for SSI PDF effective November 30 2023 McKinnon St Simons Island Airport History Archived 2014 10 31 at the Wayback Machine Flights from Saint Simons Archived 2014 10 31 at the Wayback Machine http www timetableimages com Delta timetables from Feb 15 1946 to April 27 1969 http www timetableimages com Feb 15 1946 Delta timetable http www timetableimages com April 27 1969 Delta timetable http www departedflights com March 1 1973 Delta timetableExternal links editOfficial website 2 Glynn County Airport Commission Resources for this airport FAA airport information for SSI AirNav airport information for KSSI ASN accident history for SSI FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker NOAA NWS weather observations current past three days SkyVector aeronautical chart Terminal Procedures Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title McKinnon St Simons Island Airport amp oldid 1217845008, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
