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 type
- 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 (Confirm with the airport)
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (5,796 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 5,470 ft
- Bombardier Global 5500 5,340 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G500 5,300 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 6X 5,115 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-SP 5,450 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G350 5,050 ft
Above the screening threshold
- Bombardier Global 5000 needs 5,540 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000EX needs 5,585 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LX needs 5,585 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
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- Fulton County Airport (Charlie Brown Field) · Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons