Gilmer County
49A · Ellijay, Georgia · Gilmer County · map
Gilmer County is a public-use airport owned by Gilmer County, 4 miles south of Ellijay, Georgia, 1,486 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,507 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 49A
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Gilmer County
- Elevation
- 1,486 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,507 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: trees 41 ft high 282 ft from the end
- Runway 21: trees 40 ft high 248 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | · Activate runway 03/21 medium-intensity runway lights - the common traffic frequency. |
| 49A AWOS-3 | 118.075 | |
| Mount Oglethorpe Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 706 276-4513.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Ellijay from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Ellijay, Georgia: 16 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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
- Activate runway 03/21 medium-intensity runway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour credit card service available.
- Runway is used to back taxi, aircraft must clear the runway to taxiway before addnl aircraft can land.
- Wildlife in and around the airport.
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.