Falcon Field (Peachtree City, Georgia)
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- For other airports with this name, see Falcon Field (disambiguation).
Falcon Field , also known as Atlanta Regional Airport, is a small municipal airport in Peachtree City
Peachtree City, Georgia
Peachtree City is a city in Fayette County, Georgia, United States.Census estimates in 2005 indicated a population of 34,524. In 2007, the city announced a plan to formally annex an unincorporated area between Georgia State Route 74 and the border with Coweta County that is commonly referred to as...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, United States
United States
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. Formerly known as Peachtree City Airport or Peachtree City - Falcon Field Airport, it is owned by Peachtree City Airport Authority. Located 25 miles (40 km) southwest of the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, it is the location for the National Weather Service
National Weather Service
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's Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
forecast office, which serves almost all of northern and central Georgia.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
Location identifier
A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...
for the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
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and IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
, Falcon Field is assigned FFC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Facilities and aircraft
Atlanta Regional Airport covers an area of 328 acres (132.7 ha) which contains one asphaltAsphalt
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paved runway
Runway
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(13/31) measuring 5,219 x 100 ft (1,591 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending February 15, 2005, the airport had 52,592 aircraft operations, an average of 144 per day: 99% general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
and 1% military. There are 184 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single engine, 19% multi-engine, 2% helicopter
Helicopter
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s and 1% jet aircraft. Businesses located on-field include:
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., a large distributor of everything from hardware to pilot supplies, is located adjacent to the Falcon Field airport in a 64000 sq ft (5,945.8 m²) facility. Moving to this new location in 2003, they previously resided in Griffin, GA. Though mostly a mail-order business, they also operate a retail store within this facility.
Gardner Aviation provides avionics and instrument sales, installation and repair, aviation maintenance, as well as Phase A,B, & C inspections of aircraft., located at the South side of the airfield. They re-located to Falcon Field from the Griffin Spalding Airport in 2003. Gardner Aviation is a privately owned company.
Georgia Aircraft Interiors provides custom aircraft interiors for a wide spectrum of aircraft.
Falcon Air Services, Inc. is located mid-field and is home to Falcon Aviation Academy, Falcon Air Charters, and Falcon Aviation Maintenance.
- Falcon Aviation Academy is a flight center with a fleet of over thirty Diamond aircraft, including the DA-20 Eclipse, DA-40 Star, and DA-42 Twin Star. The Academy includes aircraft equipped with Garmin G-1000 avionics. Multiple training programs are available from Private Pilot through Certified Flight Instructor with an opportunity for employment upon program completion.
- Falcon Air Charters services most destinations in the eastern United States.
- Falcon Aviation Maintenance is a certified Diamond Aircraft Service Center offering years of experience on all categories of aircraft. Falcon Aviation Maintenance offers a full staff of Airframe and Powerplant mechanics.
Affordable Charters of Excellence is located on-field and provides Part 135/Air Charter service anywhere in the continental US.
The Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing owns a hangar on the north side of the airport, where it bases several WWII-vintage aircraft. The Dixie Wing is also responsible for The Great Georgia Airshow that is put on every year.
- Priority Jet provides jet charter and travel accommodation worldwide through a network of aircraft served by more than 6000 general aviation airports in North America alone. Corporate Jet, LLC d.b.a. Priority Jet, LLC is a FAR Part 135 on-demand air carrier: Certificate # YCOA444K and Priority Jet Maintenance, LLC is a FAR Part 145 Repair Station: Certificate # 1PJR531B. Priority Jet offers management opportunities to owners of aircraft to offset expenses while earning revenue in a booming charter market. See the Priority Jet Difference: Charter, Management, and Maintenance.
Falcon Field is also home to the annual Great Georgia Airshow http://s249195248.onlinehome.us/Public_default.aspx.