West Georgia Regional Airport

West Georgia Regional Airport (ICAO: KCTJ, FAA LID: CTJ), also known as O. V. Gray Field, is a public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the central business district of Carrollton, in Carroll County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the West Georgia Airport Authority.[1]

West Georgia Regional Airport

O. V. Gray Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorWest Georgia Airport Authority
ServesCarrollton, Georgia
Elevation AMSL1,161 ft / 354 m
Coordinates33°37′54″N 085°09′08″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,503 1,677 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations24,500
Based aircraft43

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CTJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 396 acres (160 ha) at an elevation of 1,161 feet (354 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 17/35 which measures 5,503 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2008, the airport had 24,500 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 2% jet and 2% helicopter.[1]

Incidents and Accidents
  • Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, which had left Atlanta International Airport for Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport suffered an engine failure and was en route to West Georgia Regional Airport when it crashed into a field, killing eight people and fatally wounding another.
  • On September 7, 2016, a Diamond DA20C1 and a Beech F33A collided midair at 10:56am, killing all three people involved. One plane was privately owned and the other was from a flight school in the Carrollton area.[3] Both of the planes crash landed a couple of yards away from end of the runway.

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for CTJ (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KCTJ - Carrollton, Georgia - West Georgia Regional Airport
  3. Harding, Vince Sims, Meghan Packer, Adam. "Mid-air collision at West Georgia Regional Airport leaves three dead". Retrieved 2016-09-07.
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