West Georgia Regional Airport Explained

West Georgia Regional Airport
Nativename:O. V. Gray Field
Icao:KCTJ
Faa:CTJ
Type:Public
Owner-Oper:West Georgia Airport Authority
City-Served:Carrollton, Georgia
Elevation-F:1,161
Elevation-M:354
Coordinates:33.6317°N -85.1522°W
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:5,503
R1-Length-M:1,677
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2008
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:24,500
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:43
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

West Georgia Regional Airport, 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.

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 396acres 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).

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.

Incidents and Accidents

See also

References

  1. , effective 2009-07-02.
  2. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KCTJ Great Circle Mapper: KCTJ - Carrollton, Georgia - West Georgia Regional Airport
  3. Web site: Mid-air collision at West Georgia Regional Airport leaves three dead. Harding. Vince Sims, Meghan Packer, Adam. 2016-09-07.