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
- Codes
- FAA 3GE8
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 460 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Displaced threshold marked by white tires either side of runway.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to displaced threshold.
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.