Martin Campbell Field
1A3 · Copperhill, Tennessee · Polk County · map
Martin Campbell Field is a public-use airport owned by Polk County, 3 miles northeast of Copperhill, Tennessee, 1,789 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1A3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Polk County
- Elevation
- 1,789 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irreg
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 90 ft, 3,270 ft available for landing
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 140 ft, 3,270 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Mount Oglethorpe Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.1 |
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Aircraft registered in Copperhill from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Copperhill, Tennessee: 2 piston singles. 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 Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 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
- Wildlife in the vicinity of runway.
- Activate non standard low-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- Approach ratio 17:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 19:1 to dthr.
- 8400 feet mtn ridges in approach; 5000 feet mtn ridge along east side of runway.
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.