Thomaston-Upson County
OPN · KOPN · Thomaston, Georgia · Upson County · map
Thomaston-Upson County is a public-use airport owned by Thomaston Upson CO. Arpt Auth, 5 miles northeast of Thomaston, Georgia, 798 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 6,350 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KOPN · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
- Wind from the east (100°) at 4 knots
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KOPN 062155Z AUTO 10004KT CLR 25/11 A3002 RMK AO2 PWINO
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 OPN · ICAO KOPN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Thomaston Upson CO. Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 798 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- 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
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1994
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,350 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 648 ft, 5,525 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 30: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 699 ft, 4,962 ft available for landing, rr 19 ft high 371 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.2 | |
| Opn and aWOS-3 | 133.975 | |
| Macon and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 706-646-4123.
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 Thomaston from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Thomaston, Georgia: 25 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 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 · 7 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
- Provided VFR
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 30 and PAPI runways 12 and 30 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 preset med intst DUSK-0000; after 0000 activate - the common traffic frequency.
- 6 feet fence and road 198 feet left 200 feet from runway end.
- 34:1 approach to displaced thld.
- 50:1 approach to displaced thld.
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.