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Jimmy Carter Regional Airport

32.11080°N
-84.18890°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲ 37.5%
DEP / DAY
3
▼ 8.0%

Jimmy Carter Regional Airport (KACJ) is a small general aviation airport located in Americus, GA, 53 mi south east of Columbus. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,011 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13h ago
Temp
34°F
Wind
3 kts
20°
Visib
—
Ceil
—
METAR KACJ 260135Z AUTO 02003G17KT 340V050 1/2SM +TSRA FG BKN011 BKN021 BKN029 OVC036 22/22 A3006 RMK AO2 RAB0114 TSB0122 BKN029 V OVC P0000 T02200220 $

Runways

2 installed

6,011 FT MAX
05/23
6,011 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH
10/28
3,786 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

23
47% of ops
65 land · 45 TO
05
31% of ops
43 land · 24 TO
28
9% of ops
13 land · 7 TO
27
5% of ops
7 land · 3 TO
10
4% of ops
6 land · 0 TO
09
2% of ops
3 land · 1 TO
Runway 23 carries 47% of operations (65 landings, 45 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 31%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

23 65 landings
UA 8%
05 43 landings
UA 7%
28 13 landings
UA 8%
27 7 landings
UA 0%
10 6 landings
UA 33%
09 3 landings
UA 33%
Approaches to 23 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 65 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
6.1
flights/day · 182 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 6.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (4.6 vs 6.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

32 · 22%
27 · 18%
13 · 9%
11 · 7%
8 · 5%
8 · 5%
Activity is led by (22% of 147 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 124.200 —
APCH 323.100 —
APCH 353.750 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 128.375 —
CD/P 119.950 —
OTHER 119.950 —
MACON RC 134.500 —
OTHER 134.500 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Fluky
10/31/2019
(no subject)
Charles Lindbergh first solo was at this field.
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