Barrow County
WDR · KWDR · Winder, Georgia · Barrow County · map
Barrow County is a public-use airport owned by Barrow County Arpt Auth., 3 miles east of Winder, Georgia, 934 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,505 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KWDR · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 25 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (090°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 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 KWDR 062055Z AUTO 09007KT 10SM CLR 25/11 A3006 RMK AO2
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 WDR · ICAO KWDR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Barrow County Arpt Auth.
- Elevation
- 934 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- M to F, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 11:00 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
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,505 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,607 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 303 ft, 5,105 ft available for landing, pole 27 ft high 687 ft from the end
- Runway 31: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 602 ft, 4,798 ft available for landing, rr 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 46 ft high 1,067 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 38 ft high 642 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure 6:15 am to 10:00 pm | 132.475 | |
| Wdr and aWOS-3 | 118.575 | |
| Athens and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 127.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 770-868-0642.
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 Winder from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Winder, Georgia: 30 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 1 piston twin. 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 · 20 since 1982, 3 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.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset low intst. To increase intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 31; PAPI runways 05, 13, 23 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Railroad between 350-500 feet left from 0-200 feet from runway end. Trees 315 feet left at runway end.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Runway 31 approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Maximum climb, turn out earlier if poss to minimize noise over residential areas.
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.