Blairsville Airport

Blairsville Airport (ICAO: KDZJ^[2], FAA LID: DZJ, formerly 46A) is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Blairsville, a city in Union County, Georgia, United States.^[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.^[3]

Blairsville Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KDZJ FAA LID: DZJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Blairsville
Serves	Blairsville, Georgia
Elevation AMSL	1,911 ft / 582 m
Coordinates	34°51′16″N 083°59′50″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 5,020 1,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 21,000 Based aircraft 48
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned DZJ by the FAA^[1] but has no designation from the IATA.^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Blairsville Airport covers an area of 156 acres (63 ha) at an elevation of 1,911 feet (582 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,020 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 29, 2011, the airport had 21,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 57 per day. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 2% jet, 2% helicopter, and 2% glider.^[1]

See also

• List of airports in Georgia (U.S. state)

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for DZJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
2. "BLAIRSVILLE - DZJ (KDZJ)". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
3. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
4. "Blairsville, Georgia (ICAO: KDZJ, FAA: DZJ, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

External links

• Blairsville Airport at City of Blairsville website
• DZJ - Blairsville at Georgia DOT airport directory
• Aerial image as of March 1999 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for DZJ
  • AirNav airport information for KDZJ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures