Henry County Airport (Georgia)

Atlanta South Regional Airport (formerly Henry County Airport) Tara Field
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: KHMP (formerly 4A7)
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Henry County
Serves	Hampton, Georgia
Elevation AMSL	874 ft / 266 m
Coordinates	33°23′21″N 084°19′56″W / 33.38917°N 84.33222°W / 33.38917; -84.33222Coordinates: 33°23′21″N 084°19′56″W / 33.38917°N 84.33222°W / 33.38917; -84.33222
Website	www.co.henry.ga.us/...
Map
KHMP Location of airport in Georgia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6/24 4,503 1,373 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 42,000 Based aircraft 93
Sources: Henry County,FAA,GDOT

Atlanta South Regional Airport (FAA LID: KHMP), is a public-use county airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Hampton, a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States. It was known as Clayton County Airport – Tara Field, which was the name still used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) until approval of the Atlanta South Regional Airport name. The airport was renamed Atlanta South Regional Airport, which was approved by the airport board of commissioners in December 2011, and was approved by the GDOT and the FAA before it went into effect.

Although the airport is located in Henry County, it was owned and operated by Clayton County to the north from 1992 until 2011. It is not near most of that county, except for its very small southern tip. The north end of Clayton County has part of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, thus Tara Field served general aviation, especially for the Atlanta Motor Speedway immediately next to it. At its July 12, 2011 meeting, the Clayton County Board of Commissioners voted to sell the airport to Henry County in a deal worth $17.7 million. The Henry County Board of Commissioners agreed to the purchase at a meeting on July 13, 2011, and the sale was completed in August 2011. Henry County paid just $2.7 million toward the purchase price, with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Georgia Department of Transportation funding the balance of $15 million.

The Henry County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday, December 4, 2012 to move forward with the runway expansion project, which extended the runway to 5,500 feet and widened it by 25 feet. The project was complete in time for the Labor Day race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. There is no weather station or FAA flight info reported for this airport.