Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 808 ft / 246 m 6,122 1,866 Elevation 246 m Owner Clarke County, Georgia | Serves Athens, Georgia 9/27 6,122 Code AHN Phone +1 706-613-3420 | |
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Website Athensclarkecounty.com/airport Address 1010 Ben Epps Dr, Athens, GA 30605, USA Similar Groome Transport, University of Georgia Visitors C, The University of Georgia, Athens Driving Range, Athens Banner‑H | ||
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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, a city in Clarke County, Georgia, United States. The airport is named after Ben T. Epps, the first aviator in the state of Georgia, who opened the airport in 1917. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline with scheduled passenger service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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Until May 23, 2008, the airport was served by twice-daily flights to Charlotte on Air Midwest operating as US Airways Express. SeaPort Airlines was the last airline providing scheduled service to the airport, with daily flights to Nashville. On September 28, 2012, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded SeaPort Airlines with daily flights to Nashville replacing GeorgiaSkies.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,449 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 5,335 enplanements in 2009, and 5,751 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).
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: 2/20 is 3,995 by 100 feet (1,218 x 30 m) and 9/27 is 5,522 by 100 feet (1,683 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011, the airport had 36,518 aircraft operations, an average of 100 per day: 92% general aviation, 5% air taxi, 3% military, and <1% scheduled commercial, At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 2% jet, and 2% military.
The Falcon Aviation Academy flight school is based at the airport.
Airlines and destinations
There are no airlines serving Athens at this time.