Fulton County Airport (Georgia)

Fulton County Airport Charlie Brown Field
Aerial view, January 2010
IATA: FTY ICAO: KFTY FAA LID: FTY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Fulton County
Serves	Atlanta, Georgia
Elevation AMSL	841 ft / 256 m
Coordinates	33°46′45″N 084°31′17″W / 33.77917°N 84.52139°W / 33.77917; -84.52139
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 5,796 1,767 Asphalt 12/32 4,157 1,267 Asphalt 9/27 2,801 854 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 125,061 Based aircraft 97
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Fulton County Airport (IATA: FTY, ICAO: KFTY, FAA LID: FTY), also known as Charlie Brown Field, is a county owned, public use airport in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. It is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) west of the central business district of Atlanta. The airport's name comes from the nickname of former Atlanta politician Charles M. Brown, who served on the city council and county commission during the 1960s. It is also called Charlie Brown Airport or Brown Field. On the radio, however, it is referred to as "County Tower" or "County Ground".

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 293 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 198 enplanements in 2009, and 725 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport.