Barbour Island Airport
72GA · Shellman Bluff, Georgia · Mc Intosh County · map
Barbour Island Airport is a private airport owned by Barbour Island Property Owners Assn, 12 miles east of Shellman Bluff, Georgia, 10 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 2,600 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 72GA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Barbour Island Property Owners Assn
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1988
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,600 × 100 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (23 nm southwest), Wright Army Airfield (Fort Stewart)/Midcoast Regional (25 nm northwest), St. Simons Island Airport (27 nm south), Jesup-Wayne County (33 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (23 nm southwest), Wright Army Airfield (Fort Stewart)/Midcoast Regional (25 nm northwest), St. Simons Island Airport (27 nm south), Jekyll Island Airport (32 nm south).
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
- Provide VFR/pvt use.
- On approach to taxiway 06 is a marsh.
- Open marsh at both ends of the runway.
- Golf carts and deer prsnt in the vicinity of airport.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Shellman Bluff from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Shellman Bluff, GA as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- 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 8,800 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/72GA.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 28, 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.