Covington Municipal
CVC · KCVC · Atlanta, Georgia · Newton County · map
Covington Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Covington, 35 miles ese of Atlanta, Georgia, 820 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 6,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KCVC · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots, gusting to 14
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KCVC 061935Z AUTO VRB05G14KT 10SM CLR 26/13 A3002 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 CVC · ICAO KCVC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Covington
- Elevation
- 820 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 am to 5:00 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
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1961
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 6,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, 5,800 ft available for landing, trees 40 ft high 707 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 500 ft, 5,500 ft available for landing, pole 24 ft high 406 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 128.575 | |
| Cvc and aWOS-3 | 118.725 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 770-385-7057.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Atlanta from the FAA register
1,591 aircraft are registered to owners in Atlanta, Georgia: 1,124 airliners and large jets, 230 piston singles, 107 business jets, 38 drones, 30 piston twins. 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 · 2 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.
- Deer and migratory birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 28; PAPI runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Avoid overflying populated area southwest of airport below 1500 feet above ground level.
- No 180 degree turns on asphalt for aircraft over 12500 pounds gross weight.
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.