Henry Tift Myers Airport
TMA · KTMA · Tifton, Georgia · Tift County · map
Henry Tift Myers Airport is a public-use airport owned by Tifton & Tift CO Arpt Auth., 2 miles southeast of Tifton, Georgia, 355 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 6,506 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 34 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 19,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KTMA · observed 7:15 pm EDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: overcast at 2,100 feet
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 70°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 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 KTMA 062315Z AUTO 04006KT 9SM OVC021 22/21 A2997 RMK AO2 CIG 019V024 T02240210 $
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 TMA · ICAO KTMA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Tifton & Tift CO Arpt Auth.
- Elevation
- 355 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 5:00 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
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 6,506 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 3,807 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 20 ft high 260 ft from the end
- Runway 34: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 58 ft high 722 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure East of vad 360-VAD 180 | 126.6 | |
| Approach and departure West of vad R-360 radial | 132.375 | |
| Tma and aWOS-3PT | 118.525 | |
| Valdosta and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 229-386-8937.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,200, 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 Tifton from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Tifton, Georgia: 17 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 1 glider, 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.
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 · 2 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- (E99) used for maintenance.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 16/34, PAPI runways 16 and 34, approach lights (MALSR) runway 34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Chairman Henry Tift Myers airport authority.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- 40 feet tree, 190 feet from eor, 491 feet right.
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.