W H 'Bud' Barron Airport
DBN · KDBN · Dublin, Georgia · Laurens County · map
W H 'Bud' Barron Airport is a public-use airport owned by Laurens County, 3 miles northwest of Dublin, Georgia, 311 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 6,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KDBN · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 4 minutes ago
- Wind from the east (100°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 67°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 KDBN 062115Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM 26/19 A2999 RMK AO2 T02550195 $
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 DBN · ICAO KDBN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Laurens County
- Elevation
- 311 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 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
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 6,501 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 5,171 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 02: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,300 ft available for landing, trees 64 ft high 1,419 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 489 ft, 6,000 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 14: trees 64 ft high 1,445 ft from the end
- Runway 32: trees 98 ft high 1,604 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.2 | |
| Dbn and aWOS-3PT | 118.425 | |
| Macon and center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.95 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 478-277-9051.
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 Dublin from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Dublin, Georgia: 16 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets. 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, 0 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 approach lights (MALSR) runway 02 - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 02/20; PAPI runway 02 and 20 - oper continuous DUSK-2200; after 2200 activate - the common traffic frequency.
- SELF-SERVICE fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degree slope
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.