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Hunter Army Airfield
Military airfield near Hinesville, Georgia, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Hunter Field" redirects here. For the baseball park in Texas, see Hunter Field (Abilene).
Hunter Army Airfield (IATA: SVN, ICAO: KSVN, FAA LID: SVN), located in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is a military airfield and subordinate installation to Fort Stewart located in Hinesville, Georgia.
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Owner | United States Army ![]() | ||||||||||
Serves | Fort Stewart | ||||||||||
Location | Savannah, Georgia | ||||||||||
Built | 1929; 95 years ago (1929) | ||||||||||
In use | 1929 – present | ||||||||||
Commander | Lt. Col. Bob Cuthbertson[1] | ||||||||||
Occupants | 3rd Infantry Division United States Coast Guard 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (United States) 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (United States) Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 45 (United States Marine Corps) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 42 ft / 12 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°00′36″N 081°08′44″W | ||||||||||
Website | home.army.mil/stewart | ||||||||||
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Hunter features a runway that is 11,375 feet (3,468 m) long and an aircraft parking area that is more than 350 acres (1.4 km2). The runway and apron, combined with the 72,000 sq ft (6,689 m2) Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group (A/DACG) Facility and nearby railhead, allow the 3rd Infantry Division from nearby Fort Stewart to efficiently deploy soldiers and cargo worldwide. NASA identified Hunter as an alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle orbiters.[3]