# Etowah Bend Gliderport (8GA7)

**Etowah Bend Gliderport** (FAA: 8GA7) is a small airport in Kingston, Georgia, United States. It opened in Feb 1981. It has one runway, 3,800 ft (1,158 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/8ga7

## At a glance

- FAA: 8GA7
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Kingston, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Feb 1981
- Elevation: 620 ft / 189 m
- Coordinates: 34.2020, -84.9772
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,800 ft / 1,158 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35255193
- Weather station: KVPC
- Ident: 8GA7

## Timeline

- Feb 1981: Etowah Bend Gliderport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,800 ft / 1,158 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,800 ft / 1,158 m | =11,209 of 29,858 | =4,414 in North America | =3,671 in US |
| Elevation | 620 ft / 189 m | =24,964 of 43,403 | =12,008 in North America | =9,999 in US |
| Age | Opened 1981 | =8,229 of 15,079 | =6,171 in North America | =6,066 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-8910](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8910.md) Karlovich Airport · 1.0 mi / 1.6 km
- [02GE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/02ge.md) Etowah Fields Airport · 3.5 mi / 5.7 km
- [KVPC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvpc.md) Cartersville Airport · 9.1 mi / 15 km
- [2GA8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2ga8.md) Shannon Flight Strip · 12 mi / 19 km
- [RMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krmg.md) Richard B Russell Airport · 15 mi / 23 km
- [4A4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k4a4.md) Polk County Airport- Cornelius Moore Field · 16 mi / 26 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/8ga7/data