Barrow County Airport

Airport

Barrow County Airport

Aerial view, November 2005

* IATA: WDR
* ICAO: KWDR
* FAA LID: WDR

Summary
Airport type| Public
Owner| Barrow County Airport Authority
Serves| Winder, Georgia
Elevation AMSL| 934 ft / 285 m
Coordinates| 33°58′58″N 083°40′03″W﻿ / ﻿33.98278°N 83.66750°W﻿ / 33.98278; -83.66750
Website| www.WDRairport.com
Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
|

ft  | m
5/23  | 3,607  | 1,099  | Asphalt
13/31  | 5,202  | 1,586  | Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
| Aircraft operations| 50,000

|

Based aircraft| 115

Sources: FAA[1] and airport website[2]

Barrow County Airport (IATA: WDR, ICAO: KWDR, FAA LID: WDR) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Winder, a city in Barrow County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the Barrow County Airport Authority.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

The airport was previously known as Northeast Georgia Regional Airport and prior to December 2005 it was known as Winder-Barrow Airport.[4] It is home to Dragonfly Aviation, and the 148th medical company (air ambulance) of the Georgia Army National Guard.

## Facilities and aircraft[edit]

Barrow County Airport covers an area of 374 acres (151 ha) at an elevation of 934 feet (285 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 5,202 by 100 feet (1,586 x 30 m) and 5/23 is 3,607 by 100 feet (1,099 x 30 m)[1] Runway 13/31 has an instrument landing system.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 50,000 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per day: 90% general aviation and 10% military. At that time there were 115 aircraft based at this airport: 86 single-engine, 19 multi-engine, 2 jet, 3 helicopter, and 5 military.[1]

## See also[edit]

* List of airports in Georgia (U.S. state)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for WDR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective October 5, 2023.
2. ^ "Barrow County Airport (official site)".
3. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
4. ^ "History". Barrow County Airport.

## External links[edit]

* WDR - Barrow County (Winder) at Georgia DOT airport directory
* Romanair Inc., the fixed-base operator (FBO)
* Dragonfly Aviation, a flight school
* Aerial image as of March 1999 from USGS The National Map
* FAA Terminal Procedures for WDR, effective June 13, 2024
* Resources for this airport:
* FAA airport information for WDR
* AirNav airport information for KWDR
* ASN accident history for WDR
* FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
* NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
* SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures