Fulton County Airport (Georgia)

Coordinates: 33°46′45″N 084°31′17″W / 33.77917°N 84.52139°W / 33.77917; -84.52139
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For other airports with this name, see Fulton County Airport (disambiguation).
Fulton County Airport

Charlie Brown Field
AMSL
841 ft / 256 m
Coordinates33°46′45″N 084°31′17″W / 33.77917°N 84.52139°W / 33.77917; -84.52139
Map
FTY is located in Georgia
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Location of airport in Georgia
FTY is located in the United States
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FTY (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 5,797 1,767 Asphalt
14/32 4,158 1,267 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2021)79,449
Based aircraft86

Fulton County Airport (

Tower" or "County Ground
".

As per

reliever airport.[4]

It is a local Class D

traffic
that would otherwise go there. The airport exists below and in close proximity to ATL's Class B airspace.

It is located very 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 and aircraft

Fulton County Airport covers an area of 985

mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 8/26 is 5,797 by 100 feet; and 14/32 is 4,158 by 100 feet (1,267 x 30 m).[1]
It is currently under the management of the Fulton County Public Works Department. David E. Clark is the Fulton County Public Works Director and Jonathan Gauthier is currently the Airport Manager.

In the year ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 79,449 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 218 per day. In December 2021, there were 86 aircraft based at this airport: 34 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 44 jet, and 2 helicopter.[1]

The Airport houses a Georgia Army National Guard armory.

Accidents at or near FTY

  • On December 17, 2013, a Beechcraft Premier I operated by Mallen Industries Inc on approach impacted terrain 6km (3.8 mls) NW of FTY. The pilot was impaired and failed to maintain control during a nighttime approach. Both occupants were killed.[5]
  • On December 20, 2018, a Cessna Citation V operated by Chen Aircrafts [sic] LLC crashed shortly after takeoff 2km (1.3 mls) NE of FTY because of loss of control due to spatial disorientation during initial climb in instrument meteorological conditions. All 4 occupants perished.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^
    PDF
    . Federal Aviation Administration. effective September 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  5. Aviation Safety Network
    . Retrieved on September 22, 2023.
  6. Aviation Safety Network
    . Retrieved on September 22, 2023.

External links


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