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]

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	943 ft / 287 m
Coordinates	33°58′58″N 083°40′03″W
Website	www.WDRairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 3,610 1,100 Asphalt 13/31 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 28,400 Based aircraft 84
Sources: FAA[1] and airport website[2]

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

Barrow County Airport covers an area of 374 acres (151 ha) at an elevation of 943 feet (287 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m) and 5/23 is 3,610 by 100 feet.[1] Runway 13/31 has an instrument landing system.

For the 12-month period ending June 27, 2011, the airport had 28,400 aircraft operations, an average of 77 per day: 82% general aviation and 18% military. At that time there were 84 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 4% helicopter, and 6% military.[1]

References

External links

• 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 16, 2022

• 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