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57GA Blue Ridge Skyport Airport
Blue Ridge, Georgia, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 57GA
Lat/Long: 34-51-47.2900N / 084-23-37.7200W
34-51.788167N / 084-23.628667W
34.8631361 / -84.3938111
(estimated)
Elevation: 1946 ft. / 593 m (estimated)
Variation: 04W (2000)
From city: 3 miles W of BLUE RIDGE, GA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 30513

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 09/2002
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-3 at DZJ (20 nm E): 119.325 (706-745-9271)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
HRSr258/24.0HARRIS VORTAC109.8000E
GQOr098/37.8CHOO CHOO VORTAC115.8001E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
PICKENS COUNTY012/24.628504WJZP .--- --.. .--.
TOMOTLA236/26.333501WTTQ - - --.-
WHITFIELD084/27.640003WUWI ..- .-- ..
HARDWICK126/30.636901WHDI .... -.. ..
MC MINN COUNTY169/32.924203WMMI -- -- ..
CHERO011/36.941504WDJD -.. .--- -..
CALHOUN046/38.232302WOUK --- ..- -.-

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 3100 x 30 ft. / 945 x 9 m
Surface: asphalt
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Obstructions: 30 ft. trees, 100 ft. from runwaynone

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: JAMES F CLACK
345 HORSE POINTE
BLUE RIDGE, GA 30228
Phone 706-455-7427
Manager: JAMES F CLACK
526 RED BUSH SCHOOL ROAD
BLUE RIDGE, GA 30228
Phone 706-258-2060

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 5
Single engine airplanes: 5
    

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 57GA.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KJZP - Pickens County Airport (25 nm S)
KDNN - Dalton Municipal Airport (25 nm W)
KHDI - Hardwick Field Airport (30 nm NW)
KRHP - Western Carolina Regional Airport (33 nm NE)
47A - Cherokee County Airport (33 nm S)
 
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Area around 57GA (Blue Ridge Skyport Airport)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of 57GA (Blue Ridge Skyport Airport)
Photo by Ed Benson ("Fast Eddie B.")
Photo taken 27-Oct-2005
looking southwest

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From to 57GA

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4011:40
Sunrise07:0712:07
Sunset17:3622:36
Evening civil twilight18:0223:02

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Nov-2009 12:55:27
Local (UTC-5)  09-Nov-2009 07:55:27
 
METAR
KRHP 
33nm NE 
091223Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 04/02 A3039 RMK AO2
K47A 
33nm S 
091240Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/06 A3036 RMK AO2 T01330055
KDNN 
37nm W 
091220Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/07 A3035 RMK AO2
TAF
KCHA 
41nm W 
091120Z 0912/1012 03004KT P6SM SCT150 BKN200 FM100200 03003KT P6SM BKN100 OVC160 FM100800 03005KT P6SM VCSH BKN050 OVC100

 
 

Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Blue Ridge Skyport Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Blue Ridge Skyport Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Blue Ridge Skyport Airport

Miles Price ($)
DAYS INN BLUE RIDGE GA 3.4 55-80
COMFORT INN & SUITES 3.9 80-111
RAMADA LIMITED OF BLUE RIDGE 5.4 52-99

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

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3 in Blue Ridge
 

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