Cobb County Intl/Mccollum Field
RYY · KRYY · Atlanta, Georgia · Cobb County · map
Cobb County Intl/Mccollum Field is a public-use airport owned by Cobb County, 21 miles northwest of Atlanta, Georgia, 1,040 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 6,295 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 333 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 114,597 takeoffs and landings a year. About 61 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KRYY · observed 9:50 am EDT (13:50 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 60°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 30.16 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-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Mon 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRYY 121350Z 29003KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP205 T01890156 PNO $
TAF KRYY 121129Z 1212/1312 29005KT P6SM SKC FM121600 32008KT 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:
- F2TH at 41,000 ft, 42 nm west, 7:57 am EDT (11:57 UTC): light turbulence, remarks: ztlfd 02.
as filed, and in English
ATL UA /OV RMG270015/TM 1157/FL410/TP F2TH/TB LGT/RM ZTLFD 02
- Report
- a routine report filed through ATL
- Where
- 15 nm west (270°) of RMG
- Time
- 11:57 UTC
- Height
- at 41,000 ft
- Aircraft
- F2TH
- Turbulence
- light
- Remarks
- ztlfd 02
- B38M at 39,000 ft, 64 nm west, 7:58 am EDT (11:58 UTC): light turbulence, remarks: ztlfd 02.
as filed, and in English
ATL UA /OV CTJ300040/TM 1158/FL390/TP B38M/TB LGT/RM ZTLFD 02
- Report
- a routine report filed through ATL
- Where
- 40 nm northwest (300°) of CTJ
- Time
- 11:58 UTC
- Height
- at 39,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B38M
- Turbulence
- light
- Remarks
- ztlfd 02
- E145 at 300 ft, 68 nm northwest, 10:01 am EDT (14:01 UTC): overcast from 20,000 ft to 1,200 ft, fog, remarks: runway 20 below ils mins.
as filed, and in English
CHA UA /OV OV CHA/TM 1401/FL003/TP E145/SK OVC002-TOPS012/WX 1/4SM FG/RM RY 20 BELOW ILS MINS
- Report
- a routine report filed through CHA
- Where
- over cha
- Time
- 14:01 UTC
- Height
- at 300 ft
- Aircraft
- E145
- Sky
- overcast from 200 ft, tops 1,200 ft
- Weather
- 1/4SM, fog
- Remarks
- runway 20 below ils mins
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (ATL, 24 nm south), for use 08:00–15:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 330° at 32 kt; 6,000 ft: 340° at 36 kt, 17 °C; 9,000 ft: 350° at 34 kt, 10 °C; 12,000 ft: 340° at 25 kt, 6 °C; 18,000 ft: 330° at 27 kt, -6 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8928 Atlanta, GA, Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Local 19 nm south · 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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The airport
- Codes
- FAA RYY · ICAO KRYY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Cobb County
- Elevation
- 1,040 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,295 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,062 ft, 5,233 ft available for landing, road 26 ft high 1 ft from the end
- Runway 27: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), 5,374 ft available for landing, trees 37 ft high 722 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.9 | Mc Collum |
| UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 128.125 | Mc Collum |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 119.0 | Mc Collum |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery When tower closed | 121.0 | Mc Collum |
| Bokrt and star | 119.8 | Mc Collum |
| Wrgnz and star | 128.575 | Mc Collum |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 770-425-3406.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 223 |
| multi-engine | 35 |
| jets | 62 |
| helicopters | 11 |
| other | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 114,597, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 3 |
| air taxi and commuter | 21,570 |
| general aviation, travelling | 35,707 |
| general aviation, local | 55,889 |
| military | 1,428 |
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 Atlanta from the FAA register
1,590 aircraft are registered to owners in Atlanta, Georgia: 1,124 airliners and large jets, 229 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, 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 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Cartersville Airport (14 nm northwest), Fulton County Exec/Charlie Brown Field (15 nm south), Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (17 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
Fuel and service companies in Atlanta, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Atlanta, by their names on the register:
- Georgia Institute of Technology 32 aircraft
- Yellow Jacket Flying Club INC 6 aircraft
- Atlanta Technical College 3 aircraft
- Usd Flyers INC 2 aircraft
- Area-I Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft Atlanta Flying Club is a flying club based in Georgia that provides aircraft access to members at three locations: Falcon Field in Peachtree City, Briscoe Field in Lawrenceville, and Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport in Dallas.
Charter operators and airlines based in Atlanta:
- Epps Air Service, LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Atlanta (12 of 14, all of them):
- Barfield Precision Electronics, LLC
- Delta Air Lines INC Delta TechOps is a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider based in Atlanta, Georgia, offering engine maintenance, component maintenance, and line maintenance services to Delta Air Lines and over 150 other aviation customers worldwi
- Delta Flight Products LLC Delta Flight Products is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines that designs, engineers, manufactures, and certifies aircraft interior solutions including cabin reconfiguration, furnishings, galleys, and technological systems.
- Envirotainer INC
- Epps Air Service LLC Aero Centers operates a network of fixed base operators (FBOs) at multiple airports across the United States, providing aviation support services including aircraft fueling, charter flights, hangar space, maintenance, and ground handling fo
- Pfm Maintenance, LLC. PFM Maintenance is a Part 145 repair station at PDK (DeKalb Peachtree Airport) in Chamblee, Georgia, providing general maintenance, avionics, sheet metal, and interior work for general aviation aircraft.
- Pratt & Whitney Engine Services, INC
- Precision Aviation Group INC Precision Aviation Group is a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider with 26 global repair stations serving fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft operators.
- Prestige Helicopters INC Prestige Helicopters, Inc.
- Rockwell Collins INC
- Safetech USA INC SafeTech USA is a repair station specializing in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft safety and survival equipment including escape slides, fire extinguishers, life rafts, life jackets, oxygen systems, helicopter floats and ELT
- Smart Airparts PC
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
15 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 12 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 8 for airline transport pilot, 11 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 12 for airplanes, 11 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 37 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 6 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 8 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 12 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 49 training center evaluators, 135 aircrew program designees, 4 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Cole Carter Daum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Kennesaw, GA (1 nm) · (678) 997-4959 · daumaviation@gmail.com
- James Karlovich private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · KRYY McCollum Airport · Kennesaw, GA (1 nm) · (770) 262-3325 · jwkarlovich@me.com
- Richard Hayes private pilot (proficiency) · Acworth, GA (6 nm) · (770) 262-7629 · hangar15@bellsouth.net
- Daniel Emin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Quality Aviation Inc · Atlanta, GA (24 nm) · (770) 457-6215 · fly@qualityaviation.net
- Kenneth Melberg Chapman private pilot (proficiency) · HEX Tate Hangar · Tate, GA (26 nm) · (541) 944-1218 · keneac@aol.com
- Stanley Paul Smith type ratings, private pilot (proficiency) · Helicopter Express · Tate, GA (26 nm) · (208) 989-2912 · 205helosmith@gmail.com
- Bruce Edward Allen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Allen Air Services · Jasper, GA (27 nm) · (770) 375-9049 · allenairservices@gmail.com
- Stanley Carroll Musick private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Peachtree City, GA (37 nm) · (601) 668-6469 · cafmustang@yahoo.com
All 278 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-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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 32 since 1982, 6 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
- Blasting sunrise to sunset MON-FRI 2000 feet aer 27.
- When the control tower closed, activate malsf runway 27; high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for transient aircraft over 6000 pounds and all transient aircraft between 2100L-0600L.
- Road 0-200 from runway end, 380' right and 180' left.
- Runway 09 approach ratio 19:1 to displaced thld. +85FT trees, 1395FT 532B left
- Airport mowing in progress spring through autumn.
- Coyotes on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 9 is calm wind runway in VFR conditions.
- North apron at taxiway A-1 connector is restricted to group 1 afct only.
- Taxiway B closed from taxiway B5 to B6 to aircraft with wingspans of 79 feet or gtr.
- Turbine/jet aircraft operators are requested to use nbaa noise abatement program procedures or comparable procedures of aircraft manufacturer.
- INT'L operations airport of entry - user fee airport
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Atlanta 1,590 aircraft · 1124 airliners and large jets, 229 piston singles, 107 business jets
- Delta Air Lines INC 1,123 aircraft in town
- Georgia Institute of Technology 27 aircraft in town
- Skyfusion II LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Aviation Career Enrichment INC 8 aircraft in town
- R & R Aviation Support LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Sfg Falcon Hangar LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Trimble Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Epps Air Service, LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Georgia Institute of Technology 32 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Yellow Jacket Flying Club INC 6 aircraft · flying club
- Atlanta Technical College 3 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Barfield Precision Electronics, LLC · repair station
- Delta Air Lines INC · repair station
- Delta Flight Products LLC · repair station
- Envirotainer INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 32 since 1982 · 6 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/RYY.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.