Athens/Ben Epps Airport
AHN · KAHN · Athens, Georgia · Clarke County · map
Athens/Ben Epps Airport is a public-use airport owned by Clarke County, 3 miles east of Athens, Georgia, 812 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 6,122 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1) and about 80 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 39,557 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,974 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KAHN · observed 9:51 am EDT (13:51 UTC), 53 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 60°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 inHg
The forecast issued Mon 7:29 am EDT (11:29 UTC), good until Tue 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC)
- From Mon 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 12:00 am EDT (04:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAHN 121351Z 33007KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02000156
TAF KAHN 121129Z 1212/1312 27005KT P6SM SKC FM130400 32003KT 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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
10 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- B737 at 17,000 ft, 39 nm northeast, 9:14 am EDT (13:14 UTC): no turbulence, remarks: ztlfd 16.
as filed, and in English
ATL UA /OV ELW/TM 1314/FL170/TP B737/TB NEG/RM ZTLFD 16
- Report
- a routine report filed through ATL
- Where
- over ELW
- Time
- 13:14 UTC
- Height
- at 17,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B737
- Turbulence
- none
- Remarks
- ztlfd 16
- C56X at 45,000 ft, 39 nm northeast, 8:32 am EDT (12:32 UTC): no turbulence, remarks: ztlfd 28.
as filed, and in English
ATL UA /OV ELW/TM 1232/FL450/TP C56X/TB NEG/RM ZTLFD 28
- Report
- a routine report filed through ATL
- Where
- over ELW
- Time
- 12:32 UTC
- Height
- at 45,000 ft
- Aircraft
- C56X
- Turbulence
- none
- Remarks
- ztlfd 28
- LJ45 at 41,000 ft, 45 nm north, 9:45 am EDT (13:45 UTC): remarks: mountain wave + 40FT 10 knots ztlfd 40.
as filed, and in English
ATL UA /OV ODF/TM 1345/FL410/TP LJ45/RM MTN WAVE +- 40FT 10 KTS ZTLFD 40
- Report
- a routine report filed through ATL
- Where
- over ODF
- Time
- 13:45 UTC
- Height
- at 41,000 ft
- Aircraft
- LJ45
- Remarks
- mountain wave + 40FT 10 knots ztlfd 40
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (ATL, 58 nm west), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 340° at 24 kt; 6,000 ft: 350° at 18 kt, 17 °C; 9,000 ft: 330° at 15 kt, 11 °C; 12,000 ft: 320° at 20 kt, 6 °C; 18,000 ft: 310° at 16 kt, -4 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8928 Atlanta, GA, Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Local 47 nm west · a VIP movement · starts Wednesday 14 October
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 58 departures from AHN in those twelve months, carrying 2,704 passengers in 5,571 seats (49% filled), to 30 destinations on 14 airlines.
All 30 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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AHN · ICAO KAHN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Clarke County
- Elevation
- 812 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 992 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,122 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,995 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
- Runway 02: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 72 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 63 ft high 1,475 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.3 | Athens |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.8 | Athens |
| Approach and departure 6:15 am to 10:00 pm | 132.475 | Athens |
| Ahn and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.875 | |
| Foothills and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.8 | Athens |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 706-363-3481.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 68 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 39,557, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 55 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,597 |
| general aviation, travelling | 20,261 |
| general aviation, local | 15,820 |
| military | 824 |
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.
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 Athens from the FAA register
54 aircraft are registered to owners in Athens, Georgia: 47 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Barrow County (17 nm west), Jackson County (18 nm northwest), Greene County Regional (23 nm southeast).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Athens, by their names on the register:
- Smooth Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
Charter operators and airlines based in Athens:
- Iron Eagle Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Iron Eagle Aviation provides Part 91 aircraft management services for corporate and private aircraft across the United States.
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 15 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners.
- Ronald Edward Cox private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Athens Flight Center · Athens, GA (0 nm) · (706) 296-7475 · rcdpe@yahoo.com
- Randall Kelsey Haralson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Elbert County Airport · Elberton, GA (27 nm) · (706) 318-8867 · haralson432@gmail.com
- Brendon Leon Browne private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Covington FBO · Covington, GA (33 nm) · (678) 860-2390 · brendonbrowne@hotmail.com
- Cole Carter Daum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Lanier Flight Center · Gainsville, GA (33 nm) · (678) 997-4959 · daumaviation@gmail.com
All 31 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 25 since 1982, 3 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Index B rescue and firefighting (ARFF) eqpt is available.
- Activate malsf runway 27; PAPI runway 09 and 20 - the common traffic frequency. When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency. Runway 2 and 20 lights not available when the control tower is closed.
- Runway 02/20 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Athens 54 aircraft · 47 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Air Athens LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Iron Eagle Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Smooth Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 9 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 4 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, American Airlines Inc.
- Tuscaloosa Ntl (TCL) 4 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp
- Tupelo Regional (TUP) 4 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., JetBlue Airways
- MC Ghee Tyson (TYS) 4 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field (BTR) 2 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Easterwood Field (CLL) 2 flights in twelve months · Ameristar Air Cargo, Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Westchester County (HPN) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle, Tradewind Aviation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 25 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 364 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 8,793 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AHN.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 9, 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.