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
- 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
- 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 |
Aircraft registered in Shellman Bluff from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Shellman Bluff, GA as the owner's town.
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
- 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.
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.