# Early County Airport (KBIJ)

**Early County Airport** (ICAO: KBIJ) is a small airport in Blakely, Georgia, United States. It opened in Jan 1968. It has one runway, 5,494 ft (1,675 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KBIJ
- FAA: BIJ
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Blakely, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Jan 1968
- Elevation: 215 ft / 65 m
- Coordinates: 31.3975, -84.8948
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,494 ft / 1,675 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35253928
- Weather station: KBIJ
- Ident: KBIJ

## Timeline

- Jan 1968: Early County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 5,494 ft / 1,675 m | 98 ft / 30 m | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,494 ft / 1,675 m | =5,527 of 29,858 | =1,778 in North America | =1,428 in US |
| Elevation | 215 ft / 65 m | #33,554 of 43,403 | #15,341 in North America | #12,915 in US |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =4,192 in North America | =4,105 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 | CAIRNS APP/DEP | 125.400 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.475 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |
| GCO | MACON FSS | 121.725 |

## Nearby airports

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- [79GA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/79ga.md) Coates Airport · 9.7 mi / 16 km
- [4GA8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4ga8.md) Andrews Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [GA22](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ga22.md) Jordans Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [GA48](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ga48.md) McLendon Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [US-6541](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6541.md) Double R Flying Service Airport · 17 mi / 28 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/kbij/data