Golden Triangle Regional
GTR · KGTR · Columbus/W Point/Starkville, Mississippi · Lowndes County · map
Golden Triangle Regional is a public-use airport, 10 miles west of Columbus/W Point/Starkville, Mississippi, 264 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 8,003 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 37 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 40,161 takeoffs and landings a year. About 46,053 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Golden Triangle Regional?
Its FAA code is GTR, and its ICAO code is KGTR.
Where is Golden Triangle Regional?
It is 10 miles west of Columbus/W Point/Starkville, Mississippi, 264 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Golden Triangle Regional?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 8,003 feet long, asphalt.
Does Golden Triangle Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Golden Triangle Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Golden Triangle Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Golden Triangle Regional, MC Ghee Tyson, Athens/Ben Epps. Every route
Are there flight schools at Golden Triangle Regional?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Mississippi State University Soaring Club and Msu Soaring Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Golden Triangle Regional?
4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Golden Triangle Regional…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GTR · ICAO KGTR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 264 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 8,003 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.2 | Golden Triangle |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Gtr and aWOS-3PT | 126.375 | Golden Triangle |
| Clearance delivery | 126.25 | Golden Triangle |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 135.375 | Golden Triangle |
| Approach and departure | 135.6 | Golden Triangle |
| Columbus and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 | Golden Triangle |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 662-328-7798.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- cargo handling
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Mccharen Field (9 nm northwest), Columbus-Lowndes County (11 nm east), George M Bryan Airport (13 nm west).
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 Mississippi · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 18; PAPI runway 18 and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Ext 201.
- Military: hpox fuel available.
- Birds and wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
- Airport and runway conditions not mnt 10:00 pm to 5:00 am.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,111 departures from GTR in those twelve months, carrying 66,002 passengers in 84,164 seats (78% filled), to 24 destinations on 11 airlines.
All 24 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 16 |
| multi-engine | 11 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 5 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 40,161, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,135 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,070 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,281 |
| general aviation, local | 2,540 |
| military | 30,135 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Columbus/W Point/Starkville from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Columbus/W Point/Starkville, MS as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Mississippi State University Soaring Club 5 aircraft · Mississippi State, 12 miles away
- Msu Soaring Club INC 1 aircraft · Mississippi State, 12 miles away
- Mississippi State University 12 aircraft · Starkville, 15 miles away Mississippi State University is a comprehensive, doctoral degree-granting research institution located in Starkville, Mississippi, with additional locations in Meridian, Gulf Coast, and online.
- Circle S Aviation LLC 5 aircraft · Starkville, 15 miles away Mississippi Aviation Academy is a flight school in Starkville, Mississippi that provides flight instruction and aircraft rental.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 training center examiner.
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Mississippi 844 since 1982 · 89 in the last ten years
- Mississippi State University Soaring Club 5 aircraft · flying club
- Msu Soaring Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Mississippi State University 12 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 722 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 356 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Golden Triangle Regional (GTR) 6 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- MC Ghee Tyson (TYS) 4 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co.
- Athens/Ben Epps (AHN) 2 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 2 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Northwest Arkansas Ntl (XNA) 2 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze, United Air Lines Inc.
- Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM) 1 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Mississippi 80 landing places
- Mississippi 2,600 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GTR.json.
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 26, 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.