Coates Airport
79GA · Fort Gaines, Georgia · Clay County · map
Coates Airport is a private airport owned by Coates Flying Service INC, 7 miles south of Fort Gaines, Georgia, 310 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 1,700 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 79GA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Coates Flying Service INC
- Elevation
- 310 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1992
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 1,700 × 90 ft | Grass |
- Runway 17: plines on the approach
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: Early County (8 nm southeast), Headland Municipal (17 nm southwest), Dothan Regional (24 nm southwest), Weedon Field (28 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Early County (8 nm southeast), Headland Municipal (17 nm southwest), Dothan Regional (24 nm southwest), Weedon Field (28 nm north).
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
- VFR weather conditions; pvt use only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Gaines from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Gaines, 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 · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,138 since 1982 · 362 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 8,797 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/79GA.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 November 2, 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.