Northeast Georgia Regional Airport

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Coordinates: 33°58′58″N 083°40′03″W / 33.98278°N 83.6675°W / 33.98278; -83.6675

Northeast Georgia Regional Airport Winder-Barrow Airport
IATA: WDR – ICAO: KWDR – FAA: WDR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Barrow County Airport Authority
Serves		Winder, Georgia
Elevation AMSL		943 ft / 287 m
Website		www.WDRairport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
13/31	5,500	1,676	Asphalt
5/23	3,610	1,100	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			28,400
Based aircraft			122
Sources: FAA[1] and airport web site[2]

Northeast Georgia Regional Airport (IATA: WDR, ICAO: KWDR, FAA LID: WDR), formerly Winder-Barrow Airport, is located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district of Winder, a city in Barrow County, Georgia, United States. This public-use facility is owned by the Barrow County Airport Authority.^[1]

As per the airport's web site, the name was changed to Northeast Georgia Regional Airport on December 20, 2005.^[3] The Georgia DOT airport directory has also been updated to show the new name.^[4] The FAA master record did not reflect the new name until March 12, 2009.^[1]

The airport is home to The Flight School (a Cessna Pilot Center), a restaurant called the Spitfire Cafe and 148th medical company (air ambulance) of the Georgia Army National Guard.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

148th Medical Company, Georgia Army National Guard

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for WDR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-03-12
2. ^ Northeast Georgia Regional Airport, official site
3. ^ Northeast Georgia Regional Airport: History, official site
4. ^ Northeast Georgia Regional Airport at Georgia DOT web site

[edit] External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KWDR
  • ASN accident history for WDR
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KWDR