Pickens County Airport (ICAO: KJZP, FAA LID: JZP) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. It is located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Jasper, Georgia.[1] As per the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.[2]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Pickens County | ||||||||||
Serves | Jasper, Georgia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,535 ft / 468 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°27′12″N 084°27′26″W | ||||||||||
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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 JZP by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
Pickens County Airport covers an area of 137 acres (55 ha) at an elevation of 1,535 feet (468 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 30,660 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 84/per day. At that time there were 83 aircraft based at this airport: 78 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, and 2 helicopter and 13%.[1]