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Atlanta has one airline airport and sixteen private ones. Most of the metro is within fifteen minutes of a runway the Epic E1000 GX can use, and the drive is usually the longest part of the trip. Find your neighborhood, and we will have the airplane waiting at that field.
By neighborhood
Typical drive times outside rush hour. The second airport is the one we suggest when the first is weathered in, busy, or the wrong side of a traffic problem.
| You are in | Closest private airport | Drive | Also consider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpharetta · Milton | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK | ~30 min | Cherokee County CNI |
| Athens · Watkinsville · UGA | Athens AHN | ~10 min | Winder WDR |
| Brookhaven · Chamblee | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK | ~8 min | Gwinnett LZU |
| Buckhead | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK | ~12 min | Fulton County FTY |
| Buford · Lake Lanier (south) | Gwinnett LZU | ~15 min | Gainesville GVL |
| Cartersville · Lake Allatoona | Cartersville VPC | ~5 min | Cobb County RYY |
| College Park · Hapeville · airport hotels | Hartsfield-Jackson ATL | ~15 min | Falcon Field FFC |
| Conyers · Covington · Social Circle | Covington CVC | ~10 min | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK |
| Cumming · Dawsonville | Gainesville GVL | ~25 min | Cherokee County CNI |
| Dallas · Hiram · Powder Springs | Paulding PUJ | ~12 min | Cobb County RYY |
| Decatur · Oakhurst | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK | ~18 min | Covington CVC |
| Douglasville · Villa Rica | Paulding PUJ | ~20 min | Fulton County FTY |
| Downtown · Summerhill | Fulton County FTY | ~12 min | Hartsfield-Jackson ATL |
| Duluth · Suwanee · Sugarloaf | Gwinnett LZU | ~12 min | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK |
| Fayetteville · Trilith | Falcon Field FFC | ~15 min | Atlanta Speedway HMP |
| Gainesville · Flowery Branch · Lake Lanier (north) | Gainesville GVL | ~8 min | Gwinnett LZU |
| Griffin · Zebulon | Griffin 6A2 | ~5 min | Atlanta Speedway HMP |
| Johns Creek | Gwinnett LZU | ~25 min | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK |
| Kennesaw · Acworth | Cobb County RYY | ~10 min | Cartersville VPC |
| Marietta · East Cobb | Cobb County RYY | ~15 min | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK |
| McDonough · Stockbridge · Locust Grove | Atlanta Speedway HMP | ~12 min | Griffin 6A2 |
| Midtown | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK | ~20 min | Fulton County FTY |
| Monroe · Madison · Lake Oconee (west) | Covington CVC | ~25 min | Athens AHN |
| Newnan · Sharpsburg · Senoia | Newnan CCO | ~10 min | Falcon Field FFC |
| Peachtree City · Tyrone | Falcon Field FFC | ~5 min | Newnan CCO |
| Roswell | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK | ~25 min | Cobb County RYY |
| Sandy Springs · Dunwoody | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK | ~25 min | Cobb County RYY |
| Vinings · Smyrna | Fulton County FTY | ~20 min | Cobb County RYY |
| Virginia-Highland · Morningside · Druid Hills | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK | ~15 min | Fulton County FTY |
| Westside · West Midtown | Fulton County FTY | ~15 min | DeKalb-Peachtree PDK |
| Winder · Braselton · Chateau Elan | Winder WDR | ~10 min | Gwinnett LZU |
| Woodstock · Canton | Cherokee County CNI | ~15 min | Cobb County RYY |
The sixteen
PDK · KPDK · home base
Chamblee, north Atlanta. Drive: about 12 minutes from Buckhead, 20 from Midtown, 25 from Sandy Springs and Dunwoody.
Best for: Anyone north of I-20. Buckhead, Brookhaven, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Roswell, Marietta and Decatur are all closer to PDK than to Hartsfield.
FFC · KFFC
Peachtree City, south metro. Drive: about 5 minutes from anywhere in Peachtree City, 15 from Fayetteville and Newnan, 30 from the airport-area hotels at Hartsfield.
Best for: Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Newnan, Senoia, Sharpsburg and the film-studio community around Trilith.
ATL · KATL
south Atlanta. Drive: the general-aviation terminal sits on the airport's south side, away from the airline concourses — about 15 minutes from downtown, 20 from the Airport Loop hotels.
Best for: International connections, airport-district meetings, groups arriving on airlines from several cities and continuing together.
FTY · KFTY
west Atlanta. Drive: about 12 minutes from downtown and the Westside, 15 from West Midtown and the Mercedes-Benz Stadium district, 20 from Smyrna and Vinings.
Best for: Downtown, Westside, West Midtown, Vinings, Smyrna, Mableton, Douglasville.
RYY · KRYY
Kennesaw, northwest metro. Drive: about 10 minutes from Kennesaw and Acworth, 15 from Marietta and Woodstock, 25 from Roswell.
Best for: Kennesaw, Marietta, Acworth, Woodstock, Cartersville, Canton.
LZU · KLZU
Lawrenceville, northeast metro. Drive: about 10 minutes from Lawrenceville and Suwanee, 15 from Duluth and Buford, 25 from Johns Creek.
Best for: Lawrenceville, Suwanee, Duluth, Buford, Johns Creek, Lake Lanier.
HMP · KHMP
Hampton · McDonough, south metro. Drive: about 10 minutes from McDonough and Hampton, 15 from Stockbridge and Locust Grove, 20 from Griffin.
Best for: McDonough, Hampton, Stockbridge, Locust Grove, Griffin, and race-weekend guests of Atlanta Motor Speedway.
CCO · KCCO
Newnan, southwest metro. Drive: about 10 minutes from downtown Newnan, 15 from Sharpsburg and Senoia, 25 from Peachtree City.
Best for: Newnan, Sharpsburg, Senoia, Moreland, Carrollton.
CNI · KCNI
Canton · Ball Ground, north metro. Drive: about 10 minutes from Canton and Ball Ground, 20 from Woodstock and Milton, 30 from Alpharetta.
Best for: Canton, Ball Ground, Woodstock, Milton, Jasper, Lake Arrowhead.
PUJ · KPUJ
Dallas, northwest metro. Drive: about 10 minutes from Dallas and Hiram, 20 from Powder Springs and Douglasville, 30 from Marietta.
Best for: Dallas, Hiram, Powder Springs, Douglasville, Villa Rica, Rockmart.
CVC · KCVC
Covington, east metro. Drive: about 5 minutes from Covington, 15 from Conyers and Social Circle, 25 from Monroe and Madison.
Best for: Covington, Conyers, Social Circle, Monroe, Madison, Oxford.
VPC · KVPC
Cartersville, northwest of the metro. Drive: about 5 minutes from Cartersville, 15 from Adairsville and Emerson, 30 from Rome.
Best for: Cartersville, Emerson, Adairsville, Euharlee, Rome, Lake Allatoona.
WDR · KWDR
Winder, northeast of the metro. Drive: about 5 minutes from Winder, 15 from Braselton, Hoschton and Bethlehem, 25 from Athens.
Best for: Winder, Braselton, Hoschton, Bethlehem, Jefferson, Chateau Elan.
GVL · KGVL
Gainesville · Lake Lanier, north. Drive: about 5 minutes from downtown Gainesville, 15 from Flowery Branch and Oakwood, 25 from Dawsonville and Cumming.
Best for: Gainesville, Flowery Branch, Oakwood, Dawsonville, Cumming, Lake Lanier.
AHN · KAHN
Athens, east of the metro. Drive: about 10 minutes from downtown Athens and the University of Georgia, 20 from Watkinsville and Winterville.
Best for: Athens, Watkinsville, Bogart, Winterville, UGA game weekends.
6A2 · 6A2
Griffin, south of the metro. Drive: about 5 minutes from Griffin, 20 from Hampton and Zebulon, 30 from Peachtree City.
Best for: Griffin, Zebulon, Williamson, Thomaston, Barnesville.
Why it mΛtters
A light jet wants a long runway and a wide ramp, which in Atlanta narrows the list to the bigger fields. The Epic E1000 GX needs about 2,000 feet, so Griffin, Covington, Winder and the Speedway are all in play. The same is true at the other end: Highlands, Sea Island, Ocean Reef and a hundred small fields the jets overfly.
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