Franklin-Hart Airport
18A · Canon, Georgia · Franklin County · map
Franklin-Hart Airport is a public-use airport owned by Franklin County, 1 mile southwest of Canon, Georgia, 890 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 18A
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Franklin County
- Elevation
- 890 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 42 ft high 578 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 84 ft high 1,796 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| 18A AWOS-3PT | 118.625 | |
| Athens and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 127.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 706-245-1097.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Canon from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Canon, Georgia: 1 piston single, 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, 0 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
- DUSK-0000. Aft 0000, activate PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport authority.
- FRANKLIN-HART airport authority.
- Self service 100LL and a fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Prist available by request only.
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.