Facilities and Aircraft
Dekalb-Peachtree Airport covers an area of 745 acres (301 ha) at an elevation of 1,003 feet (306 m) above mean sea level. It has four runways: 2R/20L is 6,001 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30 m) with a concrete surface; 2L/20R is 3,746 by 150 feet (1,142 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface; 16/34 is 3,967 by 150 feet (1,209 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface; and 9/27 is 3,383 by 150 feet (1,031 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface. It also has one helipad designated with a concrete surface measuring H1 is 56 by 56 feet (17 x 17 m).
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2010, the airport had 202,491 aircraft operations, an average of 554 per day: 99.9% general aviation and 0.1% military. At that time there were 447 aircraft based at this airport: 68% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, 11% jet, and 5% helicopter.
The airport has over 100 hangars. It is the second-busiest airport in Georgia behind Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the number of flight operations per year, and helps to relieve ATL of smaller-airplane traffic. It is used by helicopters for metro Atlanta's four major news TV stations (WSB-TV 2, WAGA-TV 5, WXIA-TV 11, WGCL-TV 46) as the base for electronic news gathering from the air. PDK is also home to The AutoPILOT Magazine, an advertorial publication covering all things aviation-related. A new control tower was built in 1988, and stands at 130 feet (40 m) tall.
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