Atlanta Airports

Here are the airports most often used by the YJFC pilots. Much of the information on this page come from AirNav, which was created by Paulo Santos (a friend and one of our alumni). If we know of a specific web page that was created by a flight school, FBO or other business, it is listed below.

• Fulton County(FTY)
• Hartsfield(ATL)
• Dobbins(MGE)
• McCollum(RYY)
• Cartersville(VPC)
• Dekalb/P'tree(PDK)
• Gwinnett(LZU)
• P'tree City(FFC)
• Rome(RMG)

Fulton County Airport - Brown Field (FTY)

This is our home airport. Our four airplanes are tied down at Raytheon.

FBO's:

• Hill Aircraft and Leasing
• Raytheon Aircraft Services
• Fulton Flight Services

William B. Hartsfield - Atlanta Intl. (ATL)

OK, we don't really fly here much, but it makes a big impact on Atlanta and the airspace that we fly in.

FBO's:

• Mercury Air Center

Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE)

We don't fly here at all, but we fly over it a lot. It's just a few miles to our north.

• Hercules Flight Training Center (just in case you wanted to learn how to fly a C130)
• Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems: This business unit is headquartered at the airport.

Cobb County - McCollum Field Airport (RYY)

This is just northwest of Dobbins, and we go here for some touch-and-go's and to get our airplanes maintained at DLK Aviation.

FBO's:

• Access Aviation
• Northside Aviation 770-422-4300

Organizations:

• EAA Chapter 268

Aviation Art:

• Lyons' Studio

Cartersville (VPC)

This airport is 27 miles northwest of FTY, and where a lot of our student pilots get their first introduction to uncontrolled field operations.

Dekalb Peachtree (PDK)

We don't fly here much, but it is the busiest reliever airport in the Atlanta area.

FBO's:

• Epps Aviation
• Mercury Air Center
• Elite Training Center (Flight Club that offers members only rentals)

Schools:

• Aviation Atlanta
• Epps Aviation

Clubs and Organizations:

• Bonanza Five, Inc.

Gwinnett County - Briscoe Field (LZU)

This airport is in a rapidly growing area northeast of Atlanta.

FBO's:

• Atlanta Jet
• Astron Enterprises (a large fleet of rental Cessnas)

Organizations:

• EAA Chapter 690

Peachtree City - Falcon Field Airport (FFC)

Peachtree City is south of Atlanta.

FBO's:

• Stevens Aviation

Rome - Richard B Russell Airport (RMG)

Rome is a town northwest of Atlanta. We use the airport for Touch-and-Go's...and cheap fuel.

Others:

Of course, there are a few other airports in the Atlanta area besides these. For more information, you can check the Airport Facility Directory, AOPA's Airport Directory, or the AirNav Web site.