Fulton County Airport , also known as Charlie Brown Field or Brown’s Field, is a county-owned, public-use airport in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. It is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) west of the central business district of Atlanta. 198 enplanements in 2009, and 725 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport.

It is a local Class D airport located just west of Atlanta and the nearest airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (which is just south of Atlanta), and handles much of the general aviation traffic that would otherwise go there. The airport exists below and in close proximity to ATL's Class B airspace.

It is located very near Interstate 20, Interstate 285, and the Chattahoochee River, just outside the Atlanta city limits. It reports ASOS weather conditions 24 hours per day as West Atlanta. It also acted as the nearest backup weather station when Dobbins Air Reserve Base did not report overnight.

Facilities and aircraft

Fulton County Airport covers an area of 985 acres (399 ha) at an elevation of 841 feet (256 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 8/26 is 5,797 by 100 feet; and 14/32 is 4,158 by 100 feet (1,267 x 30 m).

  • On December 20, 2018, a Cessna Citation V operated by Chen LLC crashed shortly after takeoff 2km (1.3 mls) NE of FTY because of loss of control due to spatial disorientation during initial climb in instrument meteorological conditions. All four occupants died.

See also

  • List of airports in Georgia (U.S. state)

References

  • FTY - Fulton County Airport-Brown Field at Georgia DOT website
  • Aerial image as of April 2002 from USGS The National Map