Newnan–Coweta County Airport Explained

Newnan–Coweta County Airport
Icao:KCCO
Faa:CCO
Type:Public
Owner:Newnan & Coweta County Airport Authority
City-Served:Atlanta, Georgia
Location:Newnan, Georgia
Elevation-F:970
Coordinates:33.3117°N -84.7697°W
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-F:5,500
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2018
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:80,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:169
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Newnan–Coweta County Airport is a public use airport in Coweta County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the Newnan & Coweta County Airport Authority. The airport is located 4NM south of the central business district of Newnan, Georgia[2] and 33NM southwest of Atlanta.[3] It is surrounded by US 29 and I-85 and 100acres owned by the county.

The airport name appears in various formats, depending on the source. The FAA refers to it as both Newnan Coweta County Airport and Newnan–Coweta County Airport.[4] The Georgia DOT airport directory adds a hyphen/dash for Newnan–Coweta County Airport.[5] The City of Newnan's website drops "County" from the name, resulting in Newnan–Coweta Airport.[6] Coweta County's website drops both "County" and the hyphen/dash, for Newnan Coweta Airport[7] and also has a photo of a sign at the airport bearing that name.

It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[8]

Facilities and aircraft

Newnan–Coweta County Airport covers an area of 270 acres (109 ha) at an elevation of 970 feet (296 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2012, the airport had 50,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 136 per day. At that time there were 100 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 2% jet, and 6% helicopter.

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Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective February 6, 2014.
  2. Web site: Distance and heading from Newnan (33°22'35"N 84°47'19"W) to KCCO (33°18'42"N 84°46'11"W) . Great Circle Mapper . June 25, 2012 .
  3. Web site: Distance and heading from Atlanta (33°45'18"N 84°23'24"W) to KCCO (33°18'42"N 84°46'11"W) . Great Circle Mapper . June 25, 2012 .
  4. FAA Terminal Procedures Publication (TPP). "Takeoff Minimums"" section.
  5. Web site: Newnan–Coweta County Airport . PDF 127 KB . Georgia Department of Transportation . December 30, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090320151323/http://tomcat2.dot.state.ga.us/Aviation/PDF/Airport_Direc/direc_page_CCO.pdf . March 20, 2009 .
  6. Web site: General Information . City of Newnan . December 30, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071226122244/http://www.ci.newnan.ga.us/content/view/27/52/ . December 26, 2007.
  7. Web site: Newnan Coweta Airport . https://web.archive.org/web/20011118112334/http://www.coweta.ga.us/Resources/CCO.html . dead . November 18, 2001 . Coweta County . December 30, 2007.
  8. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . 2012-09-27 .