Cochran Airport
48A · Cochran, Georgia · Bleckley County · map
Cochran Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Cochran, 4 miles east of Cochran, Georgia, 377 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 4,400 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 48A
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Cochran
- Elevation
- 377 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 4,400 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,202 × 50 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 65 ft high 1,585 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 68 ft high 2,363 ft from the end
- Runway 05: trees 44 ft high 720 ft from the end
- Runway 23: threshold displaced 140 ft, 3,062 ft available for landing, trees 40 ft high 1,143 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.2 | |
| 48A AWOS-3PT | 120.975 | |
| Macon and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 478-271-5897.
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Aircraft registered in Cochran from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Cochran, Georgia: 12 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Non standard turnarounds, inadequate separation runway 05/23.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 preset low DAWN-0800, DUSK-2100; to activate or incrs intst - the common traffic frequency.
- 24HR fuel self serv west/major credit card.
- Runway 5/23 is daylight use only.
- Runway 05/23 pavement in poor condition.
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.