Georgetown County Airport is a public airport located 6 miles southwest of Georgetown, South Carolina

Georgetown, South Carolina

Georgetown is the third oldest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina and the county seat of Georgetown County, in the Low Country. Located on Winyah Bay at the confluence of the Great Pee Dee River, Waccamaw River, and Sampit River, Georgetown is the second largest seaport in South Carolina,...

. The airport serves the general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 community, with no scheduled commercial airline service.

History

Georgetown airport was built in 1941 by the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 and was used by the United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

 during World War II

World War II

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 as an axillary airfield assigned to Parris Island Airfield

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island

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. Georgetown Marine Corps Airfield (OLF) was also used by the by United States Army Air Force light observation squadrons (105th

105th Airlift Squadron

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, 112th

112th Fighter Squadron

The 112th Fighter Squadron flies the F-16C/D Fighting Falcon. It is a unit of the Ohio Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 180th Fighter Wing.-History:...

) flying antisubmarine patrols over the Atlantic from May 1942 until August 1942.

The airport was turned over to civil authorities in June 1944, and it was developed into a public airport