West Georgia Regional Airport

West Georgia Regional Airport
O. V. Gray Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KCTJ – FAA LID: CTJ
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator West Georgia Airport Authority
Serves Carrollton, Georgia
Elevation AMSL 1,161 ft / 354 m
Coordinates 33°37′54″N 085°09′08″W / 33.63167°N 85.15222°W / 33.63167; -85.15222
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,503 1,677 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 24,500
Based aircraft 43

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]

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

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, which had left Atlanta International Airport for Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport suffered an engine failure and was en route to West Georgia Regional Airport when it crashed into a field, killing eight people and fatally wounding another.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for CTJ (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KCTJ - Carrollton, Georgia - West Georgia Regional Airport

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