Vanguard Landing Airport
5GA1 · Waynesboro, Georgia · Burke County · map
Vanguard Landing Airport is a private airport, 8 miles northeast of Waynesboro, Georgia, 235 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,500 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5GA1
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 235 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2010
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,500 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 13: tower 275 ft high 10,032 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Waynesboro from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Waynesboro, Georgia: 11 piston singles, 2 turboprops. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
- 300 feet lighted tower 11,000 feet southwest of runway 13/31.
- 275 feet lighted tower 15,840 feet southwest of runway 13/31.
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.