# Sapelo Island Airport (08GA)

**Sapelo Island Airport** (FAA: 08GA) is a small airport in Darien, Georgia, United States. It opened in Apr 1983. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/08ga

## At a glance

- FAA: 08GA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Darien, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Apr 1983
- Elevation: 12 ft / 4 m
- Coordinates: 31.4258, -81.2859
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35298973
- Weather station: KBQK
- Ident: 08GA

## Timeline

- Apr 1983: Sapelo Island Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass |  | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 12 ft / 4 m | =42,227 of 43,403 | =19,018 in North America | =15,524 in US |
| Age | Opened 1983 | =8,556 of 15,079 | =6,455 in North America | =6,350 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [GA21](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ga21.md) Patterson Island Airport · 4.0 mi / 6.4 km
- [72GA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/72ga.md) Barbour Island Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [1GA0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1ga0.md) Eagle Neck Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [BQK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbqk.md) Brunswick Golden Isles Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [GA45](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ga45.md) Townsend Air Strip · 17 mi / 27 km
- [SSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kssi.md) St Simons Island Airport · 20 mi / 32 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/08ga/data