Decatur County Industrial Air Park

Decatur County Industrial Air Park is a county-owned public-use airport located six nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Bainbridge, a city in Decatur County, Georgia, United States.Facilities and aircraftDecatur County Industrial Air Park Airport covers an area of 940acre at an elevation of 141 feet (43 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 5,502 by 150 feet (1,677 x 46 m); 14/32 is 5,003 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m).For the 12-month period ending April 7, 2015, the airport had 15,000 aircraft operations, an average of 42 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 44 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 4% multi-engine.HistoryFollowing entry of the United States into World War II, the Chief of the Army Air Corps directed the Air Corps Flying Training Command Southeast Training Center to immediately take action to select air base sites needed to increase its pilot training rate to meet anticipated wartime demands.