Macon Downtown Airport
MAC · KMAC · Macon, Georgia · Bibb County · map
Macon Downtown Airport is a public-use airport owned by Macon-Bibb County Consolidated Govt, 3 miles southeast of Macon, Georgia, 437 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 4,694 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 26 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 23,100 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Macon Downtown Airport?
Its FAA code is MAC, and its ICAO code is KMAC.
Where is Macon Downtown Airport?
It is 3 miles southeast of Macon, Georgia, 437 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Macon Downtown Airport?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 4,694 feet long, asphalt.
Does Macon Downtown Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Macon Downtown Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Macon Downtown Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Doc'S Flying Club LLC and Robins Air Force Base Aero Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Macon Downtown Airport?
6 pilot examiners and 6 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 Macon Downtown Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MAC · ICAO KMAC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Macon-Bibb County Consolidated Govt
- Elevation
- 437 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- 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
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 4,694 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 255 ft, 4,184 ft available for landing, trees 29 ft high 388 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 254 ft, 4,184 ft available for landing, trees 32 ft high 952 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.2 | |
| Macon and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.5 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Middle Georgia Regional (9 nm southwest), Perry-Houston County (21 nm southwest), Baldwin County Regional (26 nm northeast).
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights and PAPI runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- For certain services.
- Middle Georgia regional airport
- Runway 28 PAPI unusable beyond 7 degrees RT of rcl.
- Runway 10 approach slope to displaced threshold is 22:1; trees 643FT from displaced threshold 277FT right.
- 825 feet above sea level radio tower located approximately 1 mile southeast of airport.
- Wildlife near airport.
- Pdew adjacent to movement areas from apr 1 to nov 1 for grass cutting.
- Taxiway a unusable by a/C gtr than 49 feet wingspan while aircraft arrival or departure on runway 10/28.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 18 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| helicopters | 3 |
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 23,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 7,000 |
| general aviation, local | 16,000 |
| military | 100 |
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 Macon from the FAA register
88 aircraft are registered to owners in Macon, Georgia: 51 piston singles, 11 piston twins, 10 business jets, 8 turboprops, 7 helicopters. 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.
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:
- Doc'S Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Macon, 10 miles away Atlanta Flying Club is a flying club based in Georgia with aircraft available exclusively to members.
- Robins Air Force Base Aero Club 1 aircraft · Robins Afb, 15 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Macon:
- Lowe Aviation CO INC 2 aircraft on the certificate Lowe Aviation is a Part 135 FAA-approved charter operator based at Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon, Georgia.
Repair stations in Macon:
- Dean Baldwin Painting LP Dean Baldwin Painting provides aircraft painting and refinishing services for commercial, regional, military, and corporate aircraft.
- H2 Aeroservices H2 Aeroservices is an FAA Part 145 repair station in Macon, Georgia, specializing in King Air maintenance, engine and propeller changes, phase inspections, composite repair, emergency equipment recertification, and line maintenance for all
- Sealco International INC
- Slate Aerotech LLC
- Stg Services
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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 6 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 training center examiner.
- John Doy Jeffers private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Perry Houston County Airport (KPXE) · Perry, GA (21 nm) · (478) 256-9518 · [email protected]
- Ronald Adam Holloway private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Middle Georgia State University · Cochran, GA (29 nm) · (478) 230-7187 · [email protected]
- Kevin Harper 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 · Thomaston / Upson Airport · Thomaston, GA (36 nm) · (470) 916-6151 · [email protected]
- Albert van Lengen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Locust Grove, GA (42 nm) · (404) 202-8457 · [email protected]
- william Miller private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Peachstate Aerodrome · Williamson, GA (46 nm) · (808) 391-2083 · [email protected]
- 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 (47 nm) · (678) 860-2390 · [email protected]
All 20 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.
- 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 · 15 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Macon 88 aircraft · 51 piston singles, 11 piston twins, 10 business jets
- Georgia Forestry Commission 17 aircraft in town
- Rightway Drywall INC 2 aircraft in town
- Lowe Aviation CO 2 aircraft in town
- Lowe Aviation CO INC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Doc'S Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Robins Air Force Base Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Dean Baldwin Painting LP · repair station
- H2 Aeroservices · repair station
- Sealco International INC · repair station
- Slate Aerotech LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 3 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 8,797 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MAC.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.