Facilities and Aircraft
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport covers an area of 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) and has one runway designated 4/22 with a 11,001 x 150 ft (3,353 x 46 m) asphalt/concrete surface. The runway is long enough that this airport can handle a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet.
The airport consists of one terminal building with two passenger concourses: Concourse A (gates A1-A9), and Concourse B (gates B1-B4). The check-in level is the same for all passengers. In 2012, the airport embarked on a four-year $102 million terminal improvement program which would modernize the terminal and improve passenger flow to prepare for future expansion of the airport. Future planning for the airport includes options such as expanding the terminal by 300 percent of its current capacity and the possibility of adding a second runway parallel to the existing one.
FedEx operates a major package facility on the north end of the airport, and BMW also has a facility which allows for the importation of parts to be easily accessed to the company's manufacturing facility, located three miles to the east.
For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2007, the airport had 67,846 aircraft operations, an average of 185 per day: 66% air taxi, 23% general aviation, 9% scheduled commercial, 2% military. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 53% jet, 40% multi-engine and 7% single-engine.
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