# Barbour Island Airport (72GA)

**Barbour Island Airport** (FAA: 72GA) is a small airport in Shellman Bluff, Georgia, United States. It opened in Mar 1988. It has one runway, 2,600 ft (793 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/72ga

## At a glance

- FAA: 72GA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Shellman Bluff, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Mar 1988
- Elevation: 10 ft / 3 m
- Coordinates: 31.5836, -81.2332
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 ft / 793 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34959419
- Weather station: KBQK
- Ident: 72GA

## Timeline

- Mar 1988: Barbour Island Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,600 ft / 793 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,600 ft / 793 m | =19,572 of 29,858 | =8,307 in North America | =7,090 in US |
| Elevation | 10 ft / 3 m | =42,364 of 43,403 | =19,077 in North America | =15,571 in US |
| Age | Opened 1988 | =9,353 of 15,079 | =7,157 in North America | =7,046 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [1GA0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1ga0.md) Eagle Neck Airport · 6.8 mi / 11 km
- [GA21](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ga21.md) Patterson Island Airport · 10 mi / 17 km
- [08GA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/08ga.md) Sapelo Island Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [GA45](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ga45.md) Townsend Air Strip · 18 mi / 29 km
- [US-9338](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-9338.md) Lewis Airport · 22 mi / 35 km
- [BQK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbqk.md) Brunswick Golden Isles Airport · 26 mi / 42 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/72ga/data