Facilities and Aircraft
Athens/Ben Epps Airport covers an area of 425 acres (172 ha) at an elevation of 808 feet (246 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 2/20 is 3,995 by 100 feet (1,218 x 30 m) and 9/27 is 5,522 by 100 feet (1,683 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011, the airport had 36,518 aircraft operations, an average of 100 per day: 92% general aviation, 5% air taxi, 3% military, and <1% scheduled commercial, At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 2% jet, and 2% military.
The Falcon Aviation Academy flight school is based at the airport.
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