Piedmont Triad International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Piedmont Triad Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Piedmont Triad Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Guilford County, near Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hub for | FedEx Express | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 926 ft / 282 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°05′52″N 79°56′14″W / 36.09778°N 79.93722°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | FlyFromPTI.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Passenger Statistics (2013) | 917,477 |
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Piedmont Triad International Airport (IATA: GSO, ICAO: KGSO, FAA LID: GSO) (commonly referred to as "PTI") is an airport located in the center of North Carolina just west of Greensboro, serving Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem as well as the entire Piedmont Triad region in North Carolina. The airport, located just off Bryan Boulevard, sits on a 2,800 acre (1,133 ha) campus and has 3 runways. Piedmont Triad International airport is the third busiest airport in North Carolina averaging 280 takeoffs and landings each day. PTI is owned and operated by the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority.
An antecedent of PTI Airport, one of the first commercial airports in the South, Maynard Field was dedicated on December 6, 1919, just west of Greensboro near Oak Ridge. With its two intersecting runways measuring 1,890 feet (580 m) and 1,249 feet (381 m), hangar space, and even an early day equivalent of a Fixed-Base Operator that made sure the torches were lit at dusk, Maynard Field was named to honor a young North Carolinian pilot named Lt. Belvin Maynard. By 1922 it had competition to the west with Miller Field in Winston-Salem, and Charles Field, a single airstrip that was used mainly for barnstorming, and for take-off drills and landings for the Charles family.
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