Donaldson Field Map Print (GYH)

GYH KGYH Greenville, South Carolina

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Add the digital file + $10 A JPEG of your GYH artwork at 300 dpi, matched to your selected physical print size. Print a copy for your own space or use it as wallpaper. Save it within 30 days of receiving the email link; the file is yours to keep for personal use.

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Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
Greenville's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.

Description

A runway diagram map print of Donaldson Field (GYH), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.

Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.

Shipping and Returns

Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.

Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.

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Materials

Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.

Dimensions

Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.

Made like something you keep.

The field itself

This is Greenville's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.

Museum-quality cotton paper

Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.

Solid wood framing or glossy metal

Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.

Donaldson Field

GYH · Greenville, South Carolina

34.7583° N · 82.3764° W
Field elevation 956 ft

Identifier

GYH

ICAO code

KGYH

Field elevation

956ft

Runways

Magnetic variation

7°W

Runways

05/238,000 × 150 ft

Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.

Donaldson Field Runway Diagram Print

Donaldson Field works one runway, and the print is built on it: 5/23, 8,000 by 150 feet of concrete, cutting from the lower left of the frame to the upper right on a southwest to northeast line. Field elevation is 956 feet above sea level and magnetic variation is 7W. In the render that runway is the single solid dark bar on the page, its 5 designator at the southwest threshold and 23 at the northeast end. Everything else sits a shade lighter: taxiway loops on both flanks, hangar and building blocks stepping along the northwest edge, and two long apron rectangles filling the lower half. A second long band of pavement stands off to the east on a closer to north south line, drawn in that same flat tone rather than as an active runway, and it gives the composition a counterweight to the diagonal.

The field opened in 1942 as Greenville Army Air Base, built for the World War II buildup and used to train B-25 Mitchell bomber crews. It became Greenville Air Force Base in 1948, and in March 1951 it took the name of Captain John Owen Donaldson, who spent his boyhood in Greenville, flew with the Royal Flying Corps and then the Royal Air Force in the First World War, finished as an ace with eight victories, and was killed in September 1930 after winning the American Legion Air Race in Philadelphia. Flying C-124 Globemaster II transports, the base was called the Airlift Capital of the World for its part in the Berlin airlift, the Korean War and the Cold War. The Air Force announced the closure in 1962, and the City and County of Greenville took title in 1964 and turned the property into the Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park.

That second life is what the pale geometry around the runway describes. A South Carolina Army National Guard aviation support facility for CH-47 Chinooks opened at the northwest end of the field in 2014, and Lockheed Martin works a large plant on the southeast side, where in 2019 it was awarded a contract to begin F-16 production. Over the 12 months ending in December 2022 the airport logged 54,643 aircraft operations, an average of about 150 a day. Runway designators, lengths and widths follow the published figures, taxiways and apron edges are reduced to flat geometry over the ground tone you choose, and the 1,300 acre property leaves the linework room inside the frame. This is original wall art composed from published airport information and available field depictions rather than a navigation document, printed to order at a size that reads across a room.

Greenville (GYH) print, common questions

How many runways does Donaldson Field have?

One. Runway 5/23 is 8,000 by 150 feet with a concrete surface, and it is the only runway drawn on the print.

What is the longest runway at GYH, and how high is the field?

Runway 5/23 at 8,000 feet, since it is the only one. Field elevation is 956 feet above sea level, set in the margin under the coordinates.

What does GYH stand for, and where is the airport?

GYH is the identifier for Donaldson Field Airport, about six miles south of the central business district of Greenville, in Greenville County, South Carolina. It sits at the Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park and is owned by the City and County of Greenville.

What was here before it was Donaldson Field?

Greenville Army Air Base, opened in 1942 for B-25 crew training, later Greenville Air Force Base and then Donaldson Air Force Base from 1951. Closure was announced in 1962, and the site became the Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park after the City and County of Greenville took title in 1964.

Is the diagram accurate to the real airport?

Runway designators, lengths and widths follow the published figures for the field, and the taxiways, aprons and building blocks around them are drawn from the airport's published layout. It is original wall art, not a chart: fine details may be simplified or omitted, including minor taxiway markings, signage and small structures, and it is not for navigation.

What sizes can I get, and does this work as a gift?

Each print is made to order in several sizes and finishes, on a ground tone you pick at checkout. It suits anyone who has flown out of Donaldson, worked in the industrial park, or has a family connection to the airlift years.