John Edwin Jones SR Fld/Metter Municipal
MHP · KMHP · Metter, Georgia · Candler County · map
John Edwin Jones SR Fld/Metter Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Metter-Candler Airport Authority, 2 miles south of Metter, Georgia, 197 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KMHP · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,600 feet
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 67°F (19°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 KMHP 062015Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM OVC026 24/19 A3000 RMK AO2 T02380192
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 MHP · ICAO KMHP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Metter-Candler Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 197 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the right, trees 81 ft high 2,565 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 14 ft high 442 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Mhp and aWOS-3PT | 120.3 | |
| Millen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 912-685-2729.
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 Metter from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Metter, Georgia: 10 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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 PAPI runway 10 and 28; runway end identifier lights runway 10; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- SECRETARY/ treasurer.
- 6 feet fence and shrubs 0 FT-200 feet from threshold, 180 feet right.
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.