Dawson Municipal
16J · Dawson, Georgia · Terrell County · map
Dawson Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Terrell County Airport Authority, 2 miles southeast of Dawson, Georgia, 332 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,507 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 16J
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Terrell County Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 332 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,507 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 22 ft high 574 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 31 ft high 510 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| 16J AWOS-3PT | 118.800 | |
| Albany and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 229-222-5289.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Dawson from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Dawson, Georgia: 13 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR operations only
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- PAPI runway 14 and 32 oper continuously. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 preset med intst DUSK-2200, aft 2200 activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.