Richard B Russell Regional - J H Towers Field
RMG · KRMG · Rome, Georgia · Floyd County · map
Richard B Russell Regional - J H Towers Field is a public-use airport owned by Floyd County, 6 miles north of Rome, Georgia, 644 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 7,007 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 69 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 61,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KRMG · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 80°F (27°C), dew point 53°F (12°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 KRMG 062153Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02670117
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 RMG · ICAO KRMG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Floyd County
- Elevation
- 644 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 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
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 7,007 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 4,495 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 106 ft high 2,867 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 136 ft high 4,562 ft from the end
- Runway 07: threshold displaced 114 ft, 4,381 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 260 ft from the end
- Runway 25: tree 51 ft high 975 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Rmg and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.925 | |
| Gadsden and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.5 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 706-204-9617.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 61,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Rome from the FAA register
49 aircraft are registered to owners in Rome, Georgia: 40 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 17 since 1982, 4 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
- Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01; runway end identifier lights runway 07 and 25, 19; PAPI runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 07 - approach ratio 13:1 at displaced thld; 67 feet trees 1071 feet from displaced thld 350 feet L.
- Deer on in the vicinity of airport.
- Military air cargo drop (C130 aircraft) in progress 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Tuesday and Thursday at northeast end of runway 07/25.
- Gco available on 121.725 through atlanta the air route traffic control center.
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.