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Coordinates: 31°28′36″N 082°51′38″W / 31.47667°N 82.86056°W / 31.47667; -82.86056

Douglas Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KDQH – FAA LID: DQH
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Douglas
Serves Douglas, Georgia
Elevation AMSL 257 ft / 78 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 6,005 1,830 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 21,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Station, hangars and aircraft ramp, about 1943


One of the hangars at Douglas AAF, about 1943
One of the hangars at Douglas AAF, about 1943

rows of PT-17 Boeing Stearmans at Douglas, about 1943
rows of PT-17 Boeing Stearmans at Douglas, about 1943

Douglas Municipal Airport (ICAO: KDQH, FAA LID: DQH) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district of Douglas, a city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the City of Douglas.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Douglas Municipal Airport is assigned DQH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Douglas Municipal Airport covers an area of 496 acres (201 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (4/22) measuring 6,005 x 100 ft (1,830 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending March 29, 2006, the airport had 21,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 57 per day.

History

Origins

Aviation began in Douglas Georgia in 1928 when Dixie Airways opened a pilot school at the South Georgia College, a two-year or junior college. The institution claimed to be the only college in the United States with its own airport.

Wesley Newman Raymond, a World War I native of Nova Scotia, relocated to Macon, Georgia in 1936 where he owned an aircraft dealership and fixed-base operation. Raymond played a major role in the development of Macon's Herbert Smart Airport. In 1939, Raymond joined with Robert Richardson, forming the Raymond-Richardson Aviation Company. The new company established a Civil Pilot Training (CPT) flight school at the South Georgia College airport.

In early 1941, the United States Army Air Corps approached Raymond-Richardson about the possibility of operating a primary Contract Pilot School. The company preferred to locate the school at Macon, but too many other Air Corps activities already existed in the area. Douglas became the second choice because the company already had a school in place. The City of Douglas and Coffee County welcomed the proposal and floated a bond issue to finance a portion of the project. In May 1941, an additional 700 acres were purchased to enlarge the airport. The construction of the cantonment area at Douglas Army Airfield was of concrete and tile buildings and began on 29 June 1941. The three hangars were constructed of steel.

World War II

The Army Air Forces Training Command Eastern Flying Training Command's 63rd Army Air Force Flight Training Detachment was the Air Force unit assigned to Douglas AAF. The school received its first PT-17 Boeing Stearmans on 11 September 1941. The first class began on 7 October. With the start of the war, the Defense Plant Corporation bought the school. On 31 December 1941, the number of Stearmans present totaled 40.

By January 1942, eight barracks had been completed. With the start of the war, an expansion of the school's facilities began. Two auxiliary fields opened for operations in June and an enlargement of the ramp reached completion in July. By August, the Link trainer building, hangar No.3, additions to the mess hall, administration building, and flight control tower were ready for use. In October, two additional auxiliary fields and the gasoline storage tank were completed. By the end of 1942, the number of aircraft present had almost doubled to 78. Douglas had quite a distinction, in that the first class of the 1942 graduates from West Point received primary training here. Since the school did not have a swimming pool, cadets were allowed to use the pool at South Georgia College, a short walk away.

As in every other primary Army school, peak training took place during 1943. The total number of flight cadets rose from 300 in January 1943 to 456 in November 1943. Likewise, the number of instructors increased from 78 to 120 and the number of aircraft peaked at 170. In December 1943, the reduction in flight training was beginning to make itself felt as the size of classes began to decrease. Training continued to decrease during 1944. After the last class graduated in December 1944, the school closed.

Following the war, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation utilized the airfield for the disposal of surplus Army and Navy aircraft.

Civil use

The Cincinnati Reds baseball team used the school for a spring training facility from 1954 to 1957. The buildings of the school were used for a variety of purposes over the years that included a corset factory, elementary school, mental health facility, agricultural research laboratory, and local headquarters of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Today, the airfield is Douglas's municipal airport. Due to its substantial construction, the former cantonment area has many World War II buildings still in existence. Two of the original hangars also remain.



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Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective:

2007-01-18

Airport Identifier:

DQH

Airport Status:

Operational

Longitude/Latitude:

082-51-37.9050W/31-28-36.1150N
-82.860529/31.476699 (Estimated)

Elevation:

257 ft / 78.33 m (Surveyed)

Land:

496 acres

From nearest city:

2 nautical miles S of Douglas, GA

Location:

Coffee County, GA

Magnetic Variation:

03W (1985)

Owner & Manager

Ownership:

Publicly owned

Owner:

City Of Douglas

Address:

Locker Drawer 470
Douglas, GA 31534

Phone number:

912-389-3401

Manager:

Ken Floyd

Address:

City Of Douglas Po Box 470
Douglas, GA 31534

Phone number:

912-384-1409

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use:

Open to public

Wind indicator:

Yes

Segmented Circle:

Yes

Control Tower:

No

Lighting Schedule:

DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 04/22, PAPI RYS 04 & 22 & MALSR RY 4 - CTAF.

Beacon Color:

Clear-Green (lighted land airport)

Landing fee charge:

No

Sectional chart:

Jacksonville

Region:

ASO - Southern

Boundary ARTCC:

ZJX - Jacksonville

Tie-in FSS:

MCN - Macon

FSS on Airport:

No

FSS Phone:

478-784-1155

FSS Toll Free:

1-800-WX-BRIEF

NOTAMs Facility:

MCN (NOTAM-d service avaliable)

Federal Agreements:

NGRY

Airport Communications

CTAF:

122.800

Unicom:

122.800 

Airport Services

Fuel available:

100LLA1+

Airframe Repair:

MAJOR

Power Plant Repair:

MAJOR

Bottled Oxygen:

NONE

Bulk Oxygen:

NONE

Runway Information

Runway 04/22

Dimension:

6005 x 100 ft / 1830.3 x 30.5 m

Surface:

ASPH, Good Condition

Weight Limit:

Single wheel: 26000 lbs.

Edge Lights:

Medium

 

Runway 04

Runway 22

Longitude:

082-51-58.7200W

082-51-17.0900W

Latitude:

31-28-12.3500N

31-28-59.8800N

Elevation:

251.00 ft

257.00 ft

Alignment:

37

127

ILS Type:

LOC/GS

 

Traffic Pattern:

Left

Left

Markings:

Precision instrument, Good Condition

Precision instrument, Good Condition

Crossing Height:

26.00 ft

31.00 ft

VASI:

2-light PAPI on left side

2-light PAPI on left side

Visual Glide Angle:

3.00°

2.50°

Approach lights:

MALSR

 

Obstruction:

20 ft trees, 260.0 ft from runway, 460 ft right of centerline, 3:1 slope to clear
+10 FT TREES AND BRUSH 75 FT FM THLD AND 450 FT L.

37 ft trees, 1421.0 ft from runway, 350 ft left of centerline, 33:1 slope to clear

 

Radio Navigation Aids

ID

Type

Name

Ch

Freq

Var

Dist

OWC

NDB

Coffee County

 

390.00

03W

5.4 nm

SUR

NDB

Fitzgerald

 

362.00

03W

23.5 nm

HOE

NDB

Homerville

 

209.00

03W

25.7 nm

AZE

NDB

Hazlehurst

 

414.00

03W

26.6 nm

BHC

NDB

Baxley

 

376.00

04W

27.9 nm

TM

NDB

Tifto

 

409.00

03W

30.7 nm

MQW

NDB

Mc Rae

 

280.00

03W

37.2 nm

EZM

NDB

Eastman

 

366.00

04W

42.3 nm

IFM

VOR

Tift Myers

 

112.50

01W

32.3 nm

OTK

VOR/DME

Valdosta

095X

114.80

02W

47.1 nm

AMG

VORTAC

Alma

098X

115.10

00E

18.4 nm

AYS

VORTAC

Waycross

039X

110.20

00E

20.0 nm

VAD

VORTAC

Moody

080X

113.30

03W

35.5 nm

Remarks

  • GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU MCN AFSS.
  • EXISTED PRIOR TO 1959.

 Based Aircraft

Aircraft based on field:

23

Single Engine Airplanes:

15

Multi Engine Airplanes:

6

Jet Engine Airplanes:

1

Helicopters:

1

Operational Statistics

    Time Period: 2005-03-30 - 2006-03-29

Aircraft Operations:

58/Day

General Aviation Local:

54.8%

General Aviation Itinerant:

45.2%

 

Douglas Municipal Airport   

Address: Coffee County, GA

Tel: 912-389-3401, 912-384-1409


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General Info
Country United States
State GEORGIA
FAA ID DQH
Latitude 31-28-36.115N
Longitude 082-51-37.905W
Elevation 257 feet
Near City DOUGLAS



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