Cartersville Airport
VPC · KVPC · Cartersville, Georgia · Bartow County · map
Cartersville Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Cartersville, 3 miles southwest of Cartersville, Georgia, 759 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,760 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 68 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 50,500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 12 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Cartersville Airport?
Its FAA code is VPC, and its ICAO code is KVPC.
Where is Cartersville Airport?
It is 3 miles southwest of Cartersville, Georgia, 759 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Cartersville Airport?
Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,760 feet long, asphalt.
Does Cartersville Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Cartersville Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Cartersville Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Dependable Aviation LLC and Sky Dream Flight School LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Cartersville Airport?
12 pilot examiners and 34 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VPC · ICAO KVPC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Cartersville
- Elevation
- 759 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,041 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,760 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 740 ft, trees 93 ft high 1,324 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 41 ft high 476 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | |
| Bokrt and star | 119.8 | |
| Vpc and aWOS-3PT | 120.525 | |
| Wrgnz and star | 128.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 770-607-7782.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport (13 nm south), Cobb County Intl/Mccollum Field (14 nm southeast), Polk County/Cornelius Moore Field (16 nm southwest).
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
- Runway end identifier lights runway 19; PAPI runway 01 and 19; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 oper DUSK-2200. Aft 2200 activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude for light aircraft 1041 feet above ground level, pattern altitude for jet and turboprop aircraft 1541 feet above ground level, pattern altitude for ultralight aircraft 541 feet above ground level.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) with 159 feet setback 263 feet in length by 117 feet in width located at the der 01.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) with 309 feet setback 251 feet in length by 117 feet in width located at the der 19.
- Approach slp is 17:1 to displaced thld, 130 feet trees 2275 feet out and 403 feet left.
- Ultralight/lsa act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Ultralight/lsa traffic pattern inside normal pattern with central third of runway 01/19 dsgnd ultralight/lsa landing and takeoff area. Ultralight/lsa pattern entry crosses field approximately 2000 feet from either approach end at 541 feet above ground level.
- Grass strip 4.9 NM northwest of airport.
- Runway/taxiway sepn approx 200 feet. South end taxiway/parked aircraft sepn approx 75 feet.
- Ramp fees for turbine aircraft.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 41 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| jets | 21 |
| helicopters | 1 |
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 50,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 5,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 20,000 |
| general aviation, local | 25,000 |
| military | 500 |
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 Cartersville from the FAA register
65 aircraft are registered to owners in Cartersville, Georgia: 36 piston singles, 16 business jets, 9 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Dependable Aviation LLC 3 aircraft · Cartersville Dependable Aviation is a flight school in Dallas, Georgia that offers pilot training from discovery flights through commercial certificates and advanced ratings.
- Sky Dream Flight School LLC 1 aircraft · Dallas, 14 miles away Sky Dream Flight School is an FAA-certified flight school located at Paulding County Airport in Dallas, Georgia.
- Atlanta Air Academy LLC 4 aircraft · Kennesaw, 15 miles away Atlanta Air Academy is an FAA-approved Part 61 flight school based at Cobb County International Airport in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Charter operators and airlines based in Cartersville:
- Phoenix Air Group INC 23 aircraft on the certificate Phoenix Air provides international air ambulance services, air cargo operations including hazardous materials and explosives transport, charter flights, and military contracting services including electronic warfare training and aircraft mo
Repair stations in Cartersville:
- Phoenix Air Group INC Phoenix Air provides international air ambulance services, air cargo operations including hazardous materials and explosives transport, charter flights, and military contracting services including electronic warfare training and aircraft mo
- Rmz Aviation LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 34 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 6 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 13 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 49 training center evaluators, 135 aircrew program designees, 4 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- James Karlovich private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · KVPC Cartersville Airport · Cartersville, GA (0 nm) · (770) 262-3325 · [email protected]
- Richard Hayes private pilot (proficiency) · Acworth, GA (9 nm) · (770) 262-7629 · [email protected]
- Cole Carter Daum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Kennesaw, GA (14 nm) · (678) 997-4959 · [email protected]
- Bruce Edward Allen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Allen Air Services · Jasper, GA (28 nm) · (770) 375-9049 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Melberg Chapman private pilot (proficiency) · HEX Tate Hangar · Tate, GA (29 nm) · (541) 944-1218 · [email protected]
- Stanley Paul Smith type ratings, private pilot (proficiency) · Helicopter Express · Tate, GA (29 nm) · (208) 989-2912 · [email protected]
- Daniel Emin 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 · Quality Aviation Inc · Atlanta, GA (36 nm) · (770) 457-6215 · [email protected]
- John W Scruggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dalton Muni Airport · Dalton, GA (36 nm) · (404) 408-1129 · [email protected]
All 267 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 12 since 1982, 1 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 Cartersville 65 aircraft · 36 piston singles, 16 business jets, 9 turboprops
- Phoenix Air Group INC 20 aircraft in town
- Dependable Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Vpc Air INC 2 aircraft in town
- Phoenix Air Group INC 23 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Dependable Aviation LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Sky Dream Flight School LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Atlanta Air Academy LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Phoenix Air Group INC · repair station
- Rmz Aviation LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 12 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Georgia 105 landing places
- Georgia 8,798 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VPC.json.
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 27, 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.