St. Simons Island Airport
SSI · KSSI · St Simons Island, Georgia · Glynn County · map
St. Simons Island Airport is a public-use airport owned by Glynn County - Glynn CO. Arpt Comm., 1 mile north of St Simons Island, Georgia, 19 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,584 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 81 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 43,070 takeoffs and landings a year. About 743 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for St. Simons Island Airport?
Its FAA code is SSI, and its ICAO code is KSSI.
Where is St. Simons Island Airport?
It is 1 mile north of St Simons Island, Georgia, 19 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at St. Simons Island Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 04/22, is 5,584 feet long.
Does St. Simons Island Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at St. Simons Island Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from St. Simons Island Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Naples Municipal, Hilton Head, Westchester County, Jacksonville International, Marsh Harbour. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to St. Simons Island Airport?
6 pilot examiners and 10 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 St. Simons Island Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SSI · ICAO KSSI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Glynn County - Glynn CO. Arpt Comm.
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,584 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 3,313 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 782 ft, 4,798 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 215 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 911 ft, 4,671 ft available for landing, building 21 ft high 232 ft from the end
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 30 ft high 740 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 47 ft high 845 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Ssi and aWOS-3PT | 120.025 | |
| Brunswick and rco | 122.2 | Brunswick |
| Brunswick and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 912-602-0972.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (8 nm northwest), Fernandina Beach Municipal (33 nm south), Jesup-Wayne County (35 nm northwest).
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.
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- +6 feet fence, +32 feet power pole, +12 feet bush 75-200 feet from end of runway 228-250 feet left.
- 6 feet fence 190 feet right of centerline, 140 feet from east.O.R.
- Approach ratio 25:1 to displaced threshold; 26 feet trees 650 feet out and 300 feet right.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Use ctn due to congested asp with turbine, nonturbine, and training aircraft. Bqk located 7NM northwest. Jekyll Island AP 09J located 4NM south using same the common traffic frequency frequency 123.05.
- Runway 22 pref for light and vrb winds or crosswinds.
- All VFR aircraft adhere to standard left-hand traffic pattern.
- Aircraft departing runway 34 use extrm CTN- approach end of runway 04 not vsb from approach end of runway 34.
- All arrivals and departures, including aircraft flying inst approaches, are reqstd to rprt 10 miles from the AP, intns and psn reports to -ST SIMONS- the common traffic frequency 123.05.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 35 departures from SSI in those twelve months, carrying 80 passengers in 323 seats (25% filled), to 30 destinations (3 abroad) on 7 airlines.
All 30 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 62 |
| multi-engine | 13 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 2 |
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 43,070, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 36,410 |
| general aviation, local | 5,910 |
| military | 750 |
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 St Simons Island from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in St Simons Island, Georgia: 19 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 turboprops, 1 business jet. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Georgia.
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, 5 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 10 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 2 training center examiners, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Elliot Neal Brandt private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mid Coast Regional Airport-KLHW · Hinesville, GA (46 nm) · (704) 441-1003 · [email protected]
- Bruce Lyndon Moore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jacksonville, FL (49 nm) · (904) 315-1605 · [email protected]
- Matthew Emerson Blythe 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 · JAX AERO · Jacksonville, FL (49 nm) · (904) 716-1090 · [email protected]
- Randal Lee Miner private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · CORPORATE AVIATION SERVICES, LLC · Jacksonville, FL (49 nm) · (904) 859-3667 · [email protected]
- Thomas Dowell 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 · Jacksonville, FL (49 nm) · (864) 238-2871 · [email protected]
- William Karl Walker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Acent Aviation · Jacksonville, FL (49 nm) · (757) 404-8285 · [email protected]
All 27 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.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 26 since 1982, 2 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 St Simons Island 27 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 turboprops
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 26 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Naples Municipal (APF) 2 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc., Tradewind Aviation
- Hilton Head (HHH) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Westchester County (HPN) 2 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Jacksonville International (JAX) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Marsh Harbour (MHH) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle, Tradewind Aviation
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Charleston Afb/Intl (CHS) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Georgia 105 landing places
- Georgia 8,800 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SSI.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.