# Richard B Russell Airport (RMG / KRMG)

**Richard B Russell Airport** (IATA: RMG, ICAO: KRMG) is a medium airport in Rome, Georgia, United States. It opened in Mar 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,007 ft (2,136 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RMG / KRMG
- FAA: RMG
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Rome, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Mar 1944
- Elevation: 644 ft / 196 m
- Coordinates: 34.3506, -85.1580
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,007 ft / 2,136 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://russellregionalairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_B._Russell_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7323871
- Weather station: KRMG · WMO 72320
- Ident: KRMG

## Timeline

- Mar 1944: Richard B Russell Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 7,007 ft / 2,136 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 005° / 185° | yes |
| 07/25 | 4,495 ft / 1,370 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 070° / 250° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00855AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 7,007 ft / 2,136 m | #3,449 of 29,858 | #798 in North America | #601 in US |
| Elevation | 644 ft / 196 m | =24,539 of 43,403 | =11,780 in North America | =9,805 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 119.925 |
| CNTR | ATLANTA CNTR | 133.800 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

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- [MGE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmge.md) Dobbins Air Reserve Base · 47 mi / 76 km
- [FTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfty.md) Fulton County Airport Brown Field · 54 mi / 86 km
- [PDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpdk.md) DeKalb Peachtree Airport · 59 mi / 95 km
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 65 mi / 104 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/krmg/data