# Coates Airport (79GA)

**Coates Airport** (FAA: 79GA) is a small airport in Fort Gaines, Georgia, United States. It opened in Feb 1992. It has one runway, 1,700 ft (518 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/79ga

## At a glance

- FAA: 79GA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Fort Gaines, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Feb 1992
- Elevation: 310 ft / 95 m
- Coordinates: 31.4913, -85.0171
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,700 ft / 518 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34966997
- Weather station: KBIJ
- Ident: 79GA

## Timeline

- Feb 1992: Coates Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,700 ft / 518 m | 90 ft / 27 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,700 ft / 518 m | =26,806 of 29,858 | =13,427 in North America | =11,917 in US |
| Elevation | 310 ft / 95 m | =31,076 of 43,403 | =14,368 in North America | =12,093 in US |
| Age | Opened 1992 | =9,995 of 15,079 | =7,750 in North America | =7,639 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [66GA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/66ga.md) Sawyer Farm Airport · 1.4 mi / 2.3 km
- [KBIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbij.md) Early County Airport · 9.7 mi / 16 km
- [GA48](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ga48.md) McLendon Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [0J0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0j0.md) Abbeville Municipal Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [25J](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k25j.md) Lower Chattahoochee Regional Airport · 18 mi / 30 km
- [GA22](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ga22.md) Jordans Airport · 19 mi / 30 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/79ga/data