Fulton County Airport (Charlie Brown Field) KFTY / FTY
West Atlanta's GA airport, 20 minutes from Downtown and the film studios, with no customs and a 5,800 ft runway. Cheaper and less busy than PDK; suited to light and midsize jets.
5,796 ft
Longest runway
20 min
Drive to Atlanta
2
FBOs / handlers
841 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- No
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 13 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Light to super-midsize jets; large-cabin weight-limited.
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Hill Aircraft
- Atlantic Aviation Fulton County (verify)
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 5,796 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Bombardier Global 5500 5,490 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G500 5,300 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 6X 5,480 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-SP 5,450 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G400 5,000 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900LX 5,360 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Bombardier Global 5000 needs 5,540 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000EX needs 5,585 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G450 needs 5,600 ft
Other airports for Atlanta
- DeKalb-Peachtree Airport KPDK 6,001 ft · 25 min
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport KATL 12,390 ft · 25 min