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) and about 25 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 3,811 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Martin Campbell Field?
Its FAA code is 1A3.
Where is Martin Campbell Field?
It is 3 miles northeast of Copperhill, Tennessee, 1,789 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Martin Campbell Field?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,500 feet long, asphalt.
Does Martin Campbell Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Martin Campbell Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Martin Campbell Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Blue Ridge Mountain Flyers Aviation LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Martin Campbell Field?
12 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Martin Campbell Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Blairsville Airport (20 nm southeast), Cleveland Regional Jetport (25 nm northwest), Mcminn County (25 nm northwest), Western Carolina Regional (26 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Tennessee · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 20 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,811, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 45 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,500 |
| general aviation, local | 2,250 |
| military | 16 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Blue Ridge Mountain Flyers Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · Mineral Bluff, 8 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 16 training center evaluators.
- Sarah Diane Arnold private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Benton, TN (17 nm) · (423) 506-9015 · [email protected]
- Joseph Charles Gravalec private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Blairsville Municipal Airport FBO · Blairsville, GA (20 nm) · (404) 259-6696 · [email protected]
- John William Dennis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Andrews, NC (26 nm) · (770) 595-9395 · [email protected]
- John W Scruggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dalton Muni Airport · Dalton, GA (31 nm) · (404) 408-1129 · [email protected]
- Anthony Walker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Collegedale Municipal Airport FGU · Collegedale, TN (33 nm) · (423) 364-4669 · [email protected]
- Bruce Edward Allen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Allen Air Services · Jasper, GA (34 nm) · (770) 375-9049 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Melberg Chapman private pilot (proficiency) · HEX Tate Hangar · Tate, GA (36 nm) · (541) 944-1218 · [email protected]
- Stanley Paul Smith type ratings, private pilot (proficiency) · Helicopter Express · Tate, GA (36 nm) · (208) 989-2912 · [email protected]
All 46 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Copperhill 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- Blue Ridge Mountain Flyers Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,196 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Tennessee 76 landing places
- Tennessee 6,523 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1A3.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.