# Fulton County Airport Brown Field (FTY / KFTY)

**Fulton County Airport Brown Field** (IATA: FTY, ICAO: KFTY) is a medium airport in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It opened in Sep 1949. It has one runway, 5,797 ft (1,767 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FTY / KFTY
- FAA: FTY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Sep 1949
- Elevation: 841 ft / 256 m
- Coordinates: 33.7791, -84.5214
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,797 ft / 1,767 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 5 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/business-services/airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_County_Airport_(Georgia) (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274683
- Weather station: KFTY
- Ident: KFTY

## Timeline

- Sep 1949: Fulton County Airport Brown Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 5,797 ft / 1,767 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 080° / 260° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00745AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,797 ft / 1,767 m | =5,033 of 29,858 | #1,497 in North America | #1,175 in US |
| Elevation | 841 ft / 256 m | =20,581 of 43,403 | =9,531 in North America | =7,796 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 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 | 121.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.175 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.450 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | MACON RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | COUNTY TWR | 118.450 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

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- [AHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kahn.md) Athens Ben Epps Airport · 70 mi / 112 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/kfty/data