Jimmy Carter Regional
ACJ · KACJ · Americus, Georgia · Sumter County · map
Jimmy Carter Regional is a public-use airport owned by Sumter County, 4 miles northeast of Americus, Georgia, 468 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,011 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KACJ · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 4 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 3,600 feet
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KACJ 062115Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM FEW036 26/18 A2993 RMK AO2 P0002 T02580179 $
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 ACJ · ICAO KACJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sumter County
- Elevation
- 468 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,011 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 3,786 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 43 ft high 431 ft from the end
- Runway 23: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 100 ft high 3,146 ft from the end
- Runway 28: trees 81 ft high 1,442 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 119.95 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.2 | |
| Acj and aWOS-3 | 128.375 | |
| Macon and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 770-847-7993.
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 Americus from the FAA register
30 aircraft are registered to owners in Americus, Georgia: 23 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. 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 · 8 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Wildlife activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23, PAPI runway 05 and runway 23 and malsf runway 23 - the common traffic frequency.
- And airport authority.
- Ground school only
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.