# Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE / KMGE)

**Dobbins Air Reserve Base** (IATA: MGE, ICAO: KMGE) is a medium airport in Marietta, Georgia, United States. It opened in Feb 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,002 ft (3,049 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MGE / KMGE
- FAA: MGE
- Type: Medium airport
- Owner: United States Air Force
- Serves: Marietta, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Feb 1944
- Elevation: 1,069 ft / 326 m
- Coordinates: 33.9154, -84.5163
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 10,002 ft / 3,049 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 5 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.dobbins.afrc.af.mil/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobbins_Air_Reserve_Base (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655754
- Weather station: KMGE · WMO 72227
- Ident: KMGE

## Timeline

- Feb 1944: Dobbins Air Reserve Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 10,002 ft / 3,049 m | 300 ft / 91 m | Concrete | 106° / 286° | yes |
| 110/290 | 3,495 ft / 1,065 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Concrete | 106° / 286° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00959AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 10,002 ft / 3,049 m | =1,039 of 29,858 | =225 in North America | =175 in US |
| Elevation | 1,069 ft / 326 m | =16,663 of 43,403 | =7,345 in North America | =5,832 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 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 | 121.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 26.950 |
| GND | GND | 125.300 |
| MISC | NAVY OPS | 34.020 |
| OPS | ARNG OPS | 47.000 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 27.475 |
| POST | 94AW COMD POST | 37.952 |
| PTD | PTD | 139.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.750 |

## Nearby airports

- [KRYY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kryy.md) Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field · 8.2 mi / 13 km
- [FTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfty.md) Fulton County Airport Brown Field · 9.4 mi / 15 km
- [PDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpdk.md) DeKalb Peachtree Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [RMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krmg.md) Richard B Russell Airport · 47 mi / 76 km
- [AHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kahn.md) Athens Ben Epps Airport · 68 mi / 110 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/kmge/data