Fulton County Airport (Georgia)

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Fulton County Airport

Charlie Brown Field
Aerial view, January 2010
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerFulton County
ServesAtlanta, Georgia
Elevation AMSL841 ft / 256 m
Coordinates33°46′45″N 084°31′17″W / 33.77917°N 84.52139°W / 33.77917; -84.52139
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 5,796 1,767 Asphalt
14/32 4,157 1,267 Asphalt
9/27 2,801 854 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations125,061
Based aircraft97

Fulton County Airport (IATA: FTY, ICAO: KFTY, FAA LID: FTY) (Charlie Brown Field) is in Fulton County, Georgia, seven miles west of downtown Atlanta.[1] The airport's name comes from the nickname of former Atlanta politician Charles M. Brown, who served on the city council and county commission in the 1960s. It is also called Charlie Brown Airport or Brown Field (not to be mistaken for the word "brownfield"). On the radio it is referred to as "County Tower" or "County Ground".

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 293 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 198 in 2009 and 725 in 2010.[3] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a reliever airport.[4]

It is a Class D airport just west of Atlanta and the nearest airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (which is just south of Atlanta), and handles much of the general aviation traffic that would otherwise go there. The airport is below ATL's Class B airspace.

It is near Interstate 20, Interstate 285, and the Chattahoochee River, just outside the Atlanta city limits. It reports ASOS weather conditions 24 hours per day as West Atlanta. It also acted as the nearest backup weather station when Dobbins Air Reserve Base did not report overnight.

Facilities

Fulton County Airport covers 985 acres (399 ha) at an elevation of 841 feet (256 m). It has three asphalt runways: 8/26 is 5,796 by 100 feet; 14/32 is 4,157 by 100 feet (1,267 x 30 m); 9/27 is 2,801 by 60 feet (854 x 18 m).[1]

In the year ending May 8, 2008 the airport had 125,061 general aviation aircraft operations, average 342 per day. 97 aircraft were then based at the airport: 40% single-engine, 20% multi-engine, and 40% jet.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for FTY PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  4. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

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