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GMU history

Nearly a century of Greenville in flight.

Explore the history of Greenville Downtown Airport from 1928 to the present.

Greenville Downtown Airport

Greenville’s original airport has welcomed airmail, Amelia Earhart, wartime training, commercial passengers and generations of pilots. This timeline creates permanent places for those stories to grow.

The supplied timeline is a working history. The site identifies known date conflicts and avoids presenting unsourced detail as settled fact.

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Scan the milestones, then select a year to reveal its image, summary and source status. Every entry keeps a permanent address for deeper research.

Historic Greenville Municipal Airport operations building
The early municipal-airport operations building.Airport-provided history archive
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1928

Greenville Municipal Airport opens

Greenville’s original airport opened in 1928, beginning nearly a century of aviation from the field now known as GMU.

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01 / 15: 1928, Greenville Municipal Airport opens

Remembering Greenville’s aviation community

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High Flight Memorial

A memorial at the Piper Lane observation area recognizing people who shaped local aviation.

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Hall of Fame inductees

Meet six South Carolina Aviation Hall of Fame honorees with meaningful ties to GMU.

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Our Place in History sign

View the preserved educational sign displayed in Runway Park.

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