Early County
BIJ · KBIJ · Blakely, Georgia · Early County · map
Early County is a public-use airport owned by Early County, 3 miles east of Blakely, Georgia, 215 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,494 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBIJ · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,800 feet
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 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 KBIJ 062155Z AUTO 07008KT 10SM OVC028 24/19 A2994 RMK AO2
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 BIJ · ICAO KBIJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Early County
- Elevation
- 215 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 987 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,494 × 98 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 96 ft high 2,792 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 82 ft high 1,430 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Bij and aWOS-3PT | 118.475 | |
| Dothan and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 229-723-5511.
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 Blakely from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Blakely, Georgia: 4 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate malsf runway 23; PAPI runways 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Transient hngr is shade hngr.
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.