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Pitt–Greenville Airport

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Pitt-Greenville Airport (IATA: PGV, ICAO: KPGV, FAA LID: PGV) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district (CBD) of Greenville, a city in Pitt County, North Carolina, USA. The airport covers 872 acres and has three runways. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. The airport manager is Jim Turcotte.

On October 5, 2006, jet service began at the airport. The CRJ200 jets will fly two of the five flights into and out of the airport each day.

History

The Works Progress Administration constructed the Greenville Airport in 1940 on land that was jointly owned by the city of Greenville and Pitt County. A Civil Pilot training Program operated from the airport until it was leased by the United States Navy on May 1, 1942 to be an outlying field of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The field was under utilized until November 30, 1942, when it was announced that it would be upgraded by the Civil Aeronautics Administration[1].

The first Marine Corps flying squadrons to arrive were scout bombing squadrons VMSB-343 and VMSB-344 in January of 1944. July saw the arrival of fighter squadrons VMF-913 and VMF-914 and October brought the photo reconnaissance squadrons VMD-254 and VMD-954. During the war Outlying Field Greenville was the busiest of MCAS Cherry Point's outlying fields[2].

Airline and destination

Notes

  1. ^ Shettle(2001):40
  2. ^ Shettle(2001):40-41

References

Books

  • Shettle Jr., M. L. (2001). United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II. Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing Co. ISBN 0-964-33882-3.

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