Big Creek Flying Ranch Airport
GA18 · Clayton, Georgia · Rabun County · map
Big Creek Flying Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Delta Brano Enterprises INC, 4 miles southeast of Clayton, Georgia, 1,650 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GA18
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Delta Brano Enterprises INC
- Elevation
- 1,650 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1988
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,800 × 60 ft | Grass |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 100 ft, fence on the approach
- Runway 27: power line 40 ft high 600 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Toccoa RG Letourneau Field (15 nm south), Habersham County (21 nm south), Macon County (23 nm north), Oconee County Regional (28 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Toccoa RG Letourneau Field (15 nm south), Habersham County (21 nm south), Macon County (23 nm north), Oconee County Regional (28 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Georgia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR/pvt use.
- Runway 27 for landing only;runway 09 for departure ONLY-STRAIGHT out and down the valley
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Clayton from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Clayton, Georgia: 26 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Clayton 34 aircraft · 26 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- Bowlin & Associates INC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Georgia 105 landing places
- Georgia 8,800 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GA18.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.