West Georgia Regional Airport

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West Georgia Regional Airport

O. V. Gray Field
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West Georgia Regional Airport in 2015
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorWest Georgia Airport Authority
Serves Carrollton, Georgia
Elevation  AMSL 1,161 ft / 354 m
Coordinates 33°37′54″N085°09′08″W / 33.63167°N 85.15222°W / 33.63167; -85.15222
Website wgraa.com
West Georgia Regional Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17/355,5031,677Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations24,500
Based aircraft43

West Georgia Regional Airport( ICAO : KCTJ, FAA LID : CTJ), also known as O. V. Gray Field, is a public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the central business district of Carrollton, in Carroll County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the West Georgia Airport Authority. [1]

Contents

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CTJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. [2]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 396 acres (160  ha ) at an elevation of 1,161 feet (354 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 17/35 which measures 5,503 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2008, the airport had 24,500 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 2% jet and 2% helicopter. [1]

Incidents and Accidents

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for CTJ PDF , effective 2009-07-02.
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KCTJ - Carrollton, Georgia - West Georgia Regional Airport
  3. Harding, Vince Sims, Meghan Packer, Adam. "Mid-air collision at West Georgia Regional Airport leaves three dead" . Retrieved 2016-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)