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 based aircraft. 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.
Weather right now KABY · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 60 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,300 feet
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:30 pm EDT (17:30 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:20 pm EDT (00:20 UTC): wind from the northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 6:00 am EDT (10:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet, scattered clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KABY 062153Z 050009KT 10SM OVC023 24/19 A2997
TAF KABY 061730Z 0618/0718 04010KT P6SM SCT025 FM070020 05007KT P6SM SCT200 FM071000 06007KT P6SM FEW025 SCT200
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,344, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Albany from the FAA register
55 aircraft are registered to owners in Albany, Georgia: 26 piston singles, 21 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.