Blairsville Airport

Blairsville Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Blairsville
ServesBlairsville, Georgia
Elevation AMSL1,911 ft / 582 m
Coordinates34°51′16″N 083°59′50″W / 34.85444°N 83.99722°W / 34.85444; -83.99722
Website[1][permanent dead link‍]
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 5,020 1,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations21,000
Based aircraft48

Blairsville Airport (ICAO: KDZJ[2], FAA LID: DZJ, formerly 46A) is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Blairsville, a city in Union County, Georgia, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[3]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned DZJ by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Blairsville Airport covers an area of 156 acres (63 ha) at an elevation of 1,911 feet (582 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,020 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 29, 2011, the airport had 21,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 57 per day. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 2% jet, 2% helicopter, and 2% glider.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for DZJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "BLAIRSVILLE - DZJ (KDZJ)". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  4. ^ "Blairsville, Georgia (ICAO: KDZJ, FAA: DZJ, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 25, 2012.