Southwest Georgia Regional Airport Guide
Southwest Georgia Regional Airport sits about four miles southwest of Albany, in Dougherty County. The City of Albany owns it. The airport opened in 1935 as a municipal field, and from 1940 to 1944 it served as an Army Air Corps training base where American and British cadets learned to fly. It returned to civilian control in September 1945.
Passenger service is light. Delta Connection runs three daily regional jet flights to Atlanta, which connect to Delta's national and international network. The airport handles about 40,000 aircraft operations a year and has around 35 based aircraft.
Two asphalt runways serve the field: Runway 5/23 at 6,601 feet and Runway 17/35 at 5,219 feet. UPS operates an air cargo sort facility on the airfield with Airbus A300-600 freighters, supplying Southwest Georgia, southeastern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The region is known for quail hunting, which brings private aircraft in during the season.
Services
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 2 runwaysopened 1935
- Location
- 31.533, -84.196
- Operator
- City of Albany
- Links
- Wikipedia ↗
Terminals
1 terminalSouthwest Georgia Regional Airport has 1 passenger terminal — McAfee Terminal, handling domestic flights for around 1 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- McAfee TerminalDomestic
Delta Connection
Nearby cities
1 citySouthwest Georgia Regional Airport is closest to Albany (10 km northeast). With 1 town or city within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Albany10 km northeast
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