Southwest Georgia Regional Airport – ABY Southwest Georgia
Southwest Georgia Regional Airport is located four miles southwest of Albany, Georgia. Owned by the city of Albany, it is a non-hub commercial service airport with approximately 30,000 operations a year. It has 34 based aircraft, and hosts one scheduled airline, Delta Connection Carrier with three daily flights to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. ABY-Southwest Georgia Regional serves a market area that includes the five-county Albany Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (ABY) occupies an area of 980 acres (397 hectares) and has two asphalt runways. The 4/22 is 6,601 x 148 feet (2,012 x 45 meters), while the 16/34 is 5,219 x 148 feet (1,591 x 45 meters). The Southwest Georgia Regional Airport terminal was completed in 1959 and named in honor of former Major League Baseball pitcher and Albany mayor, Bill McAfee, who had perished in a plane crash near Culpeper, Virginia in July of 1958. Cairo, Briggston, Moultrie, and Bainbridge are all within easy reach from ABY Airport.
What to Do & Area Attractions
For accommodations near the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, the Hilton Garden Inn Albany on South Front Street is 6.2 kilometers away. It’s also just a block from Albany Civic Center and a few steps from Flint River Aquarium. Alternatively, the Hampton Inn & Suites Albany At Albany Mall across Albany Mall is 9.4 kilometers from the airport.
The closest major airport to Southwest Georgia Regional Airport is Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport 127 miles away in Atlanta. Other nearby airports include the Sylvester Airport 15 miles from ABY, and Spence Airport with just 35 miles away in Moultrie.
