# Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (ABY / KABY) **Southwest Georgia Regional Airport** (IATA: ABY, ICAO: KABY) is a medium airport in Albany, Georgia, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,601 ft (2,012 m). In 2025 it handled 75 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaby ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: ABY / KABY - FAA: ABY - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Albany, Georgia, United States - Opened: Apr 1940 - Elevation: 196 ft / 60 m - Coordinates: 31.5329, -84.1962 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 6,601 ft / 2,012 m - Instrument procedures: 6 approaches - Passengers: 74,534 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Georgia_Regional_Airport (8 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875753 - Weather station: KABY · WMO 72216 - Ident: KABY ## Timeline - Apr 1940: Southwest Georgia Regional Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 05/23 | 6,601 ft / 2,012 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 042° / 222° | yes | | 17/35 | 5,200 ft / 1,585 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 162° / 342° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00008AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2015 | 67,461 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 67,928 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 75,010 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 78,151 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 81,475 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 34,213 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 62,934 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 68,895 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 64,496 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 59,411 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 74,534 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 8 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (1) - [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 146 mi / 235 km · Delta Connection ### Cargo (8) - [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 146 mi / 235 km · UPS Airlines - [JAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjax.md) Jacksonville International Airport · United States · 165 mi / 266 km · UPS Airlines - [PNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpns.md) Pensacola International Airport · United States · 191 mi / 308 km · UPS Airlines - [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 275 mi / 443 km · UPS Airlines - [MSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsy.md) Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport · United States · 375 mi / 604 km · UPS Airlines - [DJT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpbi.md) President Donald J. Trump International Airport · United States · 416 mi / 670 km · UPS Airlines - [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · United States · 467 mi / 751 km · UPS Airlines - [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 764 mi / 1,229 km · UPS Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ABY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (1) - [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1 ### Cargo (1) - 5X [UPS Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ups-airlines) · 8 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 75K (2025) | #1,921 of 3,974 | #431 in North America | #291 in US | | Longest runway | 6,601 ft / 2,012 m | =3,785 of 29,858 | =945 in North America | =721 in US | | Elevation | 196 ft / 60 m | #34,081 of 43,403 | #15,568 in North America | #13,097 in US | | Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | ATIS | ATIS | 133.050 | | CNTR | JACKSONVILLE CNTR | 125.750 | | CTAF | CTAF | 120.250 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | RDO | MACON RDO | 122.600 | | TWR | TWR | 120.250 | | UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 | ## Nearby airports - [VAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvad.md) Moody Air Force Base · 71 mi / 114 km - [LSF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klsf.md) Lawson Army Air Field · 72 mi / 116 km - [VLD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvld.md) Valdosta Regional Airport · 75 mi / 121 km - [DHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdhn.md) Dothan Regional Airport · 75 mi / 121 km - [TLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktlh.md) Tallahassee International Airport · 79 mi / 127 km - [CSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcsg.md) Columbus Airport · 81 mi / 130 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [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) - [Wikipedia: “Southwest Georgia Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Georgia_Regional_Airport&oldid=1376701443), revision of 25 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [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/kaby/data