# Franklin County Airport (18A)

**Franklin County Airport** (FAA: 18A) is a small airport in Canon, Georgia, United States. It opened in Nov 1970. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k18a

## At a glance

- FAA: 18A
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Canon, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Nov 1970
- Elevation: 890 ft / 271 m
- Coordinates: 34.3401, -83.1335
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_County_Airport_(Georgia) (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5491390
- Weather station: K18A
- Ident: K18A

## Timeline

- Nov 1970: Franklin County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 072° / 252° | yes |

- 08/26 slopes 1.2%: threshold 08 at 828 ft / 253 m, threshold 26 at 890 ft / 271 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 890 ft / 271 m | #19,701 of 43,403 | #9,021 in North America | #7,346 in US |
| Age | Opened 1970 | =6,186 of 15,079 | =4,428 in North America | =4,338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ATLANTA APP/DEP | 127.500 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

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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/k18a/data