Athens-Ben Epps Airport

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Athens-Ben Epps Airport
IATA: AHN – ICAO: KAHN – FAA: AHN
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Clarke County
Serves Athens, Georgia
Elevation AMSL 808 ft / 246 m
Coordinates 33°56′55″N 083°19′35″W / 33.94861°N 83.32639°W / 33.94861; -83.32639
Website www.AthensAirport.net
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 5,522 1,683 Asphalt
2/20 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 53,357
Based aircraft 126
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Athens-Ben Epps Airport (IATA: AHN, ICAO: KAHN, FAA LID: AHN) is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Athens, in Clarke County, Georgia, United States.[1] It is mostly used for general aviation. The airport is named after Ben T. Epps Sr., the first aviator in the state of Georgia, who opened the airport in 1917.

Until May 23, 2008, the airport was served by twice-daily flights to Charlotte on Air Midwest operating as US Airways Express.[2] It is now served by daily flights to Atlanta and Macon by GeorgiaSkies. Wings Air covered the same routes but closed after only a few months in business. Wings Air added a check-in counter in the western end of the terminal, and it is now vacant. GeorgiaSkies took over the USAirways Express counter and security area.

Falcon Aviation Academy is the only flight school.

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Athens-Ben Epps Airport covers an area of 425 acres (172 ha) at an elevation of 808 feet (246 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 5,522 by 100 feet (1,683 x 30 m) and 2/20 measuring 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2007, the airport had 53,357 aircraft operations, an average of 146 per day: 90% general aviation, 6% military, 3% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 126 aircraft based at this airport: 56% single-engine, 29% multi-engine, 13% jet and 2% helicopter.[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Scheduled passenger service

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for AHN (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  2. ^ "Flights will end in week", Athens Banner-Herald, May 14, 2008.
  3. ^ Yamanouchi, Kelly (2008-09-25). "New airline to offer Atlanta-Athens flights". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2008/09/25/flights_to_athens.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 

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