Dekalb-Peachtree Airport
PDK · KPDK · Atlanta, Georgia · De Kalb County · map
Dekalb-Peachtree Airport is a public-use airport owned by Dekalb County, 8 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia, 998 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 03R/21L, is 6,001 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KPDK · observed 2:53 pm EDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 76°F (24°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPDK 061853Z 10SM CLR 24/11 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP167 T02440111
TAF KPDK 061720Z 0618/0718 08010KT P6SM SKC FM062300 07004KT 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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PDK · ICAO KPDK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Dekalb County
- Elevation
- 998 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 11:00 pm mon-fri 7:00 am to 11:00 pm saturday and sunday
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
Runways 4
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03R/21L | 6,001 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 3,968 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03L/21R | 3,746 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 56 × 56 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 03R: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, 5,411 ft available for landing, building 1 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 21L: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), threshold displaced 1,005 ft, 5,001 ft available for landing, pole 40 ft high 556 ft from the end
- Runway 16: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 86 ft high 1,703 ft from the end
- Runway 34: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 41 ft high 366 ft from the end
- Runway 03L: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 49 ft high 1,310 ft from the end
- Runway 21R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Clearance delivery · Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.9 | Peachtree |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Pdk and automated weather (ASOS) | 128.4 | Peachtree |
| Clearance delivery | 125.2 | Peachtree |
| Ground | 121.6 | Peachtree |
| Tower (secondary) | 127.2 | Peachtree |
| Approach and departure | 126.975 | Peachtree |
| Bokrt and star | 119.8 | Peachtree |
| Wrgnz and star | 128.575 | Peachtree |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 770-457-1691.
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
1,591 aircraft are registered to owners in Atlanta, Georgia: 1,124 airliners and large jets, 230 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 90 since 1982, 16 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) on field, no index.
- Voluntary night curfew in effect from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am. No high power engine/maintenance runups from 10:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Perimeter lights H1 oper dusk to dawn. Runway end identifier lights runway 03R; VASI runway 03R, 16, 34; PAPI runway 03L, 21L, 21R; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03L/21R, 16/34 - operates drg tower hours. When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runway 03R/21L preset med intst; to incr intst and activate malsf runway 21L and taxiway lights - 120.0.
- See airport website (pdkairport.org) for fees and exemptions
- Engineered materials arresting system, 160 feet in wide 600 feet in length, located at departure end of runway 21L.
- Runway 21L approach ratio 32:1 to displaced thld.
- Noise sensitive areas all quadrants. Pilots use CLOSE-IN departure procedures.
- Heavy VFR helo operations northwest corner and eastside of airport. Helicopter located north of runway 16 thld.
- Prior permission required for all transient military aircraft.
- Prior permission required for aircraft with maximum gross certif weight more than 75,000 pounds.
- Be alert durg aircraft grnd operations. Multiple runway/taxiway crossings required.
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.