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).
Weather right now KSSI · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 15 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 1,500 feet, a broken layer at 2,500 feet, overcast at 3,600 feet
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:59 pm EDT (17:59 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 12 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain, scattered clouds at 900 feet, a broken layer at 2,000 feet and more above MVFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 12 knots, gusting to 18, visibility 3 miles, heavy rain, mist, scattered clouds at 900 feet, overcast at 1,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 11 knots, gusting to 18, visibility 6 miles, light rain, mist, scattered clouds at 900 feet, a broken layer at 1,500 feet and more above MVFR
- From Wed 1:00 am EDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 10 knots, gusting to 15, visibility 6 miles, light rain, mist, scattered clouds at 600 feet, a broken layer at 900 feet and more above IFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 13 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 900 feet, a broken layer at 2,000 feet and more above MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSSI 062015Z AUTO 04015G21KT 10SM SCT015 BKN025 OVC036 25/23 A2991 RMK AO2
TAF KSSI 061759Z 0618/0718 02012G20KT P6SM -RA SCT009 BKN020 OVC030 FM062000 05012G18KT 3SM +RA BR SCT009 OVC015 FM070000 05011G18KT 6SM -RA BR SCT009 BKN015 OVC030 FM070500 05010G15KT 6SM -RA BR SCT006 BKN009 OVC012 FM071400 02013G20KT P6SM VCSH SCT009 BKN020 OVC030
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.