Decatur County Industrial Air Park (IATA: BGE, ICAO: KBGE, FAA LID: BGE) is a county-owned public-use airport located six nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Bainbridge, a city in Decatur County, Georgia, United States.
[1] Decatur County Industrial Air Park Airport covers an area of 940 acres (380 ha) at an elevation of 141 feet (43 m) above mean sea level.
[1] For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 17,350 aircraft operations, an average of 48 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military.
A level area near Bainbridge, seven miles (11 km) northwest of the City adjacent to the Seaboard Air Line Railroad was selected by the Air Corps, and the City of Bainbridge and Decatur County purchased 2,070 acres (8.4 km2) for $66,800 and then leased the property to the Army for $1 per annum for a basic flight training base authorizing 89.9 million for its construction.
Through the years a lot of material has been gathered about the Southern Airways School and Bainbridge Air Base.