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) and about 25 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 4 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 8,500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Jimmy Carter Regional?
Its FAA code is ACJ, and its ICAO code is KACJ.
Where is Jimmy Carter Regional?
It is 4 miles northeast of Americus, Georgia, 468 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Jimmy Carter Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 6,011 feet long.
Does Jimmy Carter Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Jimmy Carter Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Jimmy Carter Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Americus Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Jimmy Carter Regional?
2 pilot examiners and 5 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 Jimmy Carter 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 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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Crisp County-Cordele (22 nm east), Dawson Municipal (25 nm southwest), Perry-Houston County (32 nm northeast).
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
- 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.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 25 |
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 8,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 3,250 |
| general aviation, local | 5,150 |
| military | 100 |
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 Americus from the FAA register
33 aircraft are registered to owners in Americus, Georgia: 24 piston singles, 6 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, 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Americus Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Americus
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
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 2 training center examiners.
- John Doy Jeffers private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Perry Houston County Airport (KPXE) · Perry, GA (32 nm) · (478) 256-9518 · [email protected]
- Ronald Adam Holloway private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Middle Georgia State University · Cochran, GA (49 nm) · (478) 230-7187 · [email protected]
All 14 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- 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 · 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. 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 Americus 33 aircraft · 24 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Souther Field Aviation INC 18 aircraft in town
- South Georgia Technical College 2 aircraft in town
- Americus Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 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 8,800 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ACJ.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 October 29, 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.