Fulton County Exec/Charlie Brown Field
FTY · KFTY · Atlanta, Georgia · Fulton County · map
Fulton County Exec/Charlie Brown Field is a public-use airport owned by Fulton County, 6 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia, 841 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,797 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KFTY · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 14 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east at 10 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the east at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFTY 062153Z 07008KT 10SM CLR 26/11 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP157 T02560111
TAF KFTY 061720Z 0618/0718 09010G20KT P6SM SKC FM062100 08005KT P6SM SKC FM070000 00000KT P6SM SKC
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 FTY · ICAO KFTY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Fulton County
- Elevation
- 841 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; 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
- September 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,797 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 75 ft high 1,475 ft from the end
- Runway 26: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 4 ft high 276 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 120.175 | Fulton County |
| Ground | 121.7 | Fulton County |
| Tower | 118.45 | Fulton County |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | Fulton County |
| Bokrt and star | 119.8 | Fulton County |
| Atlanta and rco | 122.2 | Atlanta |
| Wrgnz and star | 128.575 | Fulton County |
| Operations | 141.35 | Fulton County |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 404-696-5660.
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 · 29 since 1982, 8 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.
- Flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport during daylight hours.
- Fuel service hill avn, C404-691-3330.
- Noise sensitive area all quads; no run ups authorized on any ramps.
- Deer and other wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.