Airports · Georgia · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Okefenokee Heliport

3GE1 · Folkston, Georgia · Charlton County · map

Okefenokee Heliport is a private heliport owned by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Folkston, Georgia, 125 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 300 by 300 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 3GE1
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
Owner: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Elevation: 125 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: every day, irregular hours
Lights: runway lights see the remarks below
On the chart: Jacksonville sectional
Magnetic variation: 4W
In the FAA's files since: July 1999

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	300 × 300 ft	Grass	Perimeter lights

Aircraft registered in Folkston from the FAA register

10 aircraft are registered to owners in Folkston, Georgia: 9 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Davis Field 3J6 · 6 nm northeast Hilliard Airpark 01J · 12 nm east Jacksonville International JAX · 27 nm southeast Readdick Field GA36 · 21 nm east · private Thrifts Airport FL11 · 23 nm south · private Cuyler Field FD27 · 23 nm south · private Nassau Crossing Hospital Heliport 49FL · 26 nm east · private Whitehouse Nolf Airport NEN · 27 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided VFR/pvt use, area is marked, wind indicator is maintained, approach/departure from 060 to 340 clkws.
Helipad may be used for medical emergency operations and fire and rescue.
200 feet radio tower 1/4 NM north of helipad.
Okefenokee national wildlife refuge
Ext 237

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.