Southwest Georgia Regional
ABY · KABY · Albany, Georgia · Dougherty County · map
Southwest Georgia Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Albany, 3 miles southwest of Albany, Georgia, 196 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,601 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 37 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 8 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 15,344 takeoffs and landings a year. About 30,314 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Southwest Georgia Regional?
Its FAA code is ABY, and its ICAO code is KABY.
Where is Southwest Georgia Regional?
It is 3 miles southwest of Albany, Georgia, 196 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Southwest Georgia Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 6,601 feet long.
Does Southwest Georgia Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Southwest Georgia Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Southwest Georgia Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, Jacksonville International, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, Pensacola International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Southwest Georgia Regional?
4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Southwest Georgia Regional…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ABY · ICAO KABY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Albany
- Elevation
- 196 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,601 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 5,200 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, trees 79 ft high 3,175 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, ant 67 ft high 2,800 ft from the end
- Runway 17: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 42 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 35: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 54 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.25 | Albany |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 133.05 | Albany |
| Ground | 121.9 | Albany |
| Albany and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.75 | Albany |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 229-638-0164.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Dawson Municipal (17 nm northwest), Camilla-Mitchell County (19 nm south), Moultrie Municipal (34 nm southeast).
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
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; runway end identifier lights runway 35; PAPI runway 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 23; VASI runway 17 and 35 operates drg tower hours.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) frequency 129.8.
- Airport oprd by ALBANY-DOUGHERTY county avn cmsn.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess right of centerline.
- Low flyng aircraft 3 miles southeast.
- Aircraft beyond 3 NM and below 2000 feet on approach to runway 17 brg 325-040 from airport not vsb from the control tower due to trees.
- Nmrs birds on and WI 5 NM of airport SEP-FEB.
- Taxiway H south of cargo ramp out of service indefinitely.
- Personnel and eqpt mowing grass adjacent to all runways and taxiways apr 1- oct 30TH.
- The common traffic frequency frequency 120.25 unrel for gnd to gnd two way com use ctn on the common traffic frequency.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,524 departures from ABY in those twelve months, carrying 41,860 passengers in 74,219 seats (56% filled), to 13 destinations on 4 airlines.
All 13 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 24 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,344, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,056 |
| air taxi and commuter | 796 |
| general aviation, travelling | 7,555 |
| general aviation, local | 1,947 |
| military | 3,990 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Albany from the FAA register
52 aircraft are registered to owners in Albany, Georgia: 26 piston singles, 18 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 3 business jets, 1 helicopter. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in Albany:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 training center examiner.
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 2 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
- Aircraft registered in Albany 52 aircraft · 26 piston singles, 18 turboprops, 3 piston twins
- Thrush Aircraft LLC 17 aircraft in town
- Thrush Aircraft, LLC. · repair station
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1,027 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF) 259 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- Jacksonville International (JAX) 174 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY) 49 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- Pensacola International (PNS) 5 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- Columbia Metro (CAE) 2 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 2 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- Brunswick Golden Isles (BQK) 1 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- 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 8,798 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ABY.json.
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 27, 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.