1929 · GMU history
An operations building opens
A wooden operations building gave Greenville’s young municipal airport an early center for passengers, pilots and field activity.
Greenville Downtown Airport
A wooden operations building gave Greenville’s young municipal airport an early center for passengers, pilots and field activity.
The story so far
The airport’s working timeline places its first wooden operations building in 1929, one year after the field opened.
This milestone remains ready for added architectural records and photographs as the airport authenticates more of its early archive.
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