# Gum Creek Airport (8GA1)

**Gum Creek Airport** (FAA: 8GA1) is a small airport in Roopville, Georgia, United States. It opened in Oct 1980. It has one runway, 2,350 ft (716 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/8ga1

## At a glance

- FAA: 8GA1
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Roopville, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Oct 1980
- Elevation: 1,070 ft / 326 m
- Coordinates: 33.4212, -85.1619
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,350 ft / 716 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35261954
- Weather station: KCTJ
- Ident: 8GA1

## Timeline

- Oct 1980: Gum Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,350 ft / 716 m | 65 ft / 20 m | Grass |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,350 ft / 716 m | =21,915 of 29,858 | =10,154 in North America | =8,804 in US |
| Elevation | 1,070 ft / 326 m | =16,612 of 43,403 | =7,312 in North America | =5,800 in US |
| Age | Opened 1980 | =8,063 of 15,079 | =6,020 in North America | =5,916 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## 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/8ga1/data