Cherokee County Regional
CNI · KCNI · Canton, Georgia · Cherokee County · map
Cherokee County Regional is a public-use airport owned by Cherokee County Airport Auth., 6 miles northeast of Canton, Georgia, 1,220 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KCNI · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (090°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 76°F (25°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 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 KCNI 062015Z AUTO 09007KT 070V140 10SM CLR 25/11 A3006 RMK AO2 T02460113
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 CNI · ICAO KCNI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Cherokee County Airport Auth.
- Elevation
- 1,220 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,003 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 13 ft high 326 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | |
| Bokrt and star | 119.8 | |
| Cni and aWOS-3PT | 119.825 | |
| Wrgnz and star | 128.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 678-454-2065.
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 Canton from the FAA register
57 aircraft are registered to owners in Canton, Georgia: 42 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 4 balloons, 3 helicopters, 2 turboprops. 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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; PAPI runway 05 and 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency
- For noise abatement runway 23 pref.
- Rdo transmissions from the departure end of runway 23 may not be relbl due to trrn.
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.