Prater Ranch Airport
3GE8 · Lincolnton, Georgia · Lincoln County · map
Prater Ranch Airport is a private airport, 3 miles north of Lincolnton, Georgia, 460 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3GE8
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 460 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,200 × 140 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 365 ft, trees 50 ft high 100 ft from the end
- Runway 32: trees 70 ft high 145 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Washington/Wilkes County (17 nm west), Thomson/Mcduffie County (19 nm south), Greenwood County (29 nm northeast), Daniel Field (32 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Washington/Wilkes County (17 nm west), Thomson/Mcduffie County (19 nm south), Elbert County-Patz Field (23 nm northwest), Greenwood County (29 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 Georgia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Displaced threshold marked by white tires either side of runway.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to displaced threshold.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Lincolnton from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Lincolnton, Georgia: 5 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 Georgia.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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 Lincolnton 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Georgia 105 landing places
- Georgia 8,801 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3GE8.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 30, 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.