Washington/Wilkes County
IIY · KIIY · Washington, Georgia · Wilkes County · map
Washington/Wilkes County is a public-use airport owned by Wilkes County, 4 miles northwest of Washington, Georgia, 646 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 5,020 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KIIY · observed 9:55 am EDT (13:55 UTC), 11880 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 67°F (19°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KIIY 281355Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM CLR 19/12 A3000 RMK AO2 T01920115
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 IIY · ICAO KIIY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wilkes County
- Elevation
- 646 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, variable
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,020 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 29 ft high 780 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 1,000 ft, trees 65 ft high 785 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.8 | |
| Iiy and aWOS-3 | 118.375 | |
| Augusta and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 706-678-3647.
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 Washington from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Washington, Georgia: 2 piston singles, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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 runway end identifier lightss runway 13 and 31; PAPI runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- High ground 205FT R of centerline.
- High ground 205FT L of centerline.
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.