# Athens Ben Epps Airport (AHN / KAHN)

**Athens Ben Epps Airport** (IATA: AHN, ICAO: KAHN) is a medium airport in Athens, Georgia, United States. It opened in Jul 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,122 ft (1,866 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AHN / KAHN
- FAA: AHN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Athens, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Jul 1940
- Elevation: 812 ft / 248 m
- Coordinates: 33.9488, -83.3256
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,122 ft / 1,866 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.athensairport.net
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens%E2%80%93Ben_Epps_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2902527
- Weather station: KAHN · WMO 72311
- Ident: KAHN

## Timeline

- Jul 1940: Athens Ben Epps Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 6,122 ft / 1,866 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 088° / 268° | yes |
| 02/20 | 3,995 ft / 1,218 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 021° / 201° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00983AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,122 ft / 1,866 m | #4,385 of 29,858 | #1,168 in North America | #908 in US |
| Elevation | 812 ft / 248 m | #21,155 of 43,403 | #9,885 in North America | #8,110 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ATLANTA APP/DEP | 127.500 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 132.875 |
| CLD | ATLANTA CNTR | 127.500 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | MACON RDO | 109.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 126.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

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- [PDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpdk.md) DeKalb Peachtree Airport · 56 mi / 90 km
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 67 mi / 108 km
- [MGE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmge.md) Dobbins Air Reserve Base · 68 mi / 110 km
- [FTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfty.md) Fulton County Airport Brown Field · 70 mi / 112 km
- [KRYY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kryy.md) Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field · 73 mi / 117 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/kahn/data