# Patterson Island Airport (GA21)

**Patterson Island Airport** (FAA: GA21) is a small airport in Darien, Georgia, United States. It opened in Nov 1959. It has one runway, 2,000 ft (610 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ga21

## At a glance

- FAA: GA21
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Darien, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Nov 1959
- Elevation: 10 ft / 3 m
- Coordinates: 31.4613, -81.3387
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 ft / 610 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35287626
- Weather station: KBQK
- Ident: GA21

## Timeline

- Nov 1959: Patterson Island Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,000 ft / 610 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 ft / 610 m | =24,247 of 29,858 | =11,669 in North America | =10,238 in US |
| Elevation | 10 ft / 3 m | =42,364 of 43,403 | =19,077 in North America | =15,571 in US |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =3,045 in North America | =2,970 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [08GA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/08ga.md) Sapelo Island Airport · 4.0 mi / 6.4 km
- [72GA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/72ga.md) Barbour Island Airport · 10 mi / 17 km
- [1GA0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1ga0.md) Eagle Neck Airport · 12 mi / 20 km
- [GA45](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ga45.md) Townsend Air Strip · 13 mi / 21 km
- [BQK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbqk.md) Brunswick Golden Isles Airport · 16 mi / 26 km
- [SSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kssi.md) St Simons Island Airport · 22 mi / 35 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/ga21/data