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KBGE · Decatur County Industrial Air Park

ICAO · US · 10 NTSB events

ID KBGE FAA BGE Elev 141 ft Lat 30° 58.29' N Lon 84° 38.24' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,502 ft. Max gradient: 0.23%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
09 090° 5,502 ft 149 ft ASP Yes 0.23%
27 270° 5,502 ft 149 ft ASP Yes 0.23%
14 139° 5,003 ft 100 ft ASP No 0.03%
32 319° 5,003 ft 100 ft ASP No 0.03%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 3 frequencies

  • AWOS AWOS 3 121.125
  • A/D TALLAHASSEE APP/DEP 128.700
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.975

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KBGE on LiveATC ↗

  • NDB LYZ

    Willis

    0.36 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 1 matched · 8 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI RWY 09 &27; HIRL RWY 09/27. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI RWY 09 &27; HIRL RWY 09/27. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

All translated remarks (1)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI RWY 09 &27; HIRL RWY 09/27. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT PAPI RWY 09 &27; HIRL RWY 09/27 - CTAF

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (8 sentences)
  • ·EXTENSIVE STUDENT PILOT TRNG ON AND INVOF ARPT.
  • ·FOR CD IF UNA ON FREQ CTC TALLAHASSEE APCH AT 850-942-8311.
  • ·WHEN APCH CLSD, CTC JACKSONVILLE ARTCC AT 904-845-1592.
  • ·RWY 27 PAPI UNUSBL BYD 8 DEG RIGHT OF RCL.
  • ·SELF SVC FUEL 24 HRS WITH CREDIT CARD.
  • ·PAPI RWY 09 & 27 OPR CONSLY DUSK-2200.
  • ·HIRL RWY 09/27 PRESET MED INTST DUSK-2200; TO INCR INTST - CTAF.
  • ·ALL ACFT OPERATING LOCALLY AT BGE MUST HAVE A TWO-WAY RADIO CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING ON CTAF FREQ; ONE-STOP TRANSIENT ACFT ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS REQUIREMENT.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · BGE Airport website ↗

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

10 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

14

since 1982

Fatal

3

21.4% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

1

≈ 0.1/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 17,350 ops in 2014

2024 total

17,350

10-yr total

173,500

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 99% · Mil 1%

Events / million ops

5.8

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

1.24

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=1

  • Loss of control 1

All time · n=10

  • Stall / spin 3
  • Other 2
  • Ground collision 2
  • Hard landing 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Loss of control 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2017-01-16 AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCAA · Loss of control · day →
2009-07-07 AIR TRACTOR INC AT-301 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2006-08-02 Beech D45 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2003-05-17 Aerospatiale AS355F2 · Other · day →
1998-10-12 Air Tractor AT502B · Ground collision · day →
1997-09-17 Piper PA-18A-150 · Ground collision · day →
1997-08-06 Cessna 310K · Hard landing · VMC · day →
1996-07-19 Grumman-Schweizer 164 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1994-11-18 Piper PA-18 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1994-04-30 Piper PA-18-150 · Other · day →

Designees in GA

CFI Flight Instructors 2,408 A&P Mechanics 13,587 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 61 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 10 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 17 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 9 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 9 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 38 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 31 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 127 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 141 ODA Organizational Designations 4 Schools Flight Schools 65 FBO Fixed Base Operators 80 Clubs Flying Clubs 28 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 15 EAA EAA Chapters 25

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Robert Turner Tallahassee FL 37 nm
Luke Closson Quitman GA 57 nm
Harvey John Schwab Daleville AL 58 nm
Darwin Delano Floyd Enterprise AL 66 nm
Dennis Allan Sherwood Enterprise AL 66 nm
Michele Lea Keilman Panama City FL 72 nm
Robert Gibson Minor Freeport FL 82 nm
Robert Burnet Niceville FL 99 nm
John Doy Jeffers Perry GA 101 nm
Adam Stuart Reid Eastman GA 105 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Marion Clyde Harrell Jr Bainbridge GA 5 nm
William Kenneth Nichols Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Karl Pierce Young Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Edward Lane Bush Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Thomas Hubert Dollar Iii Bainbridge GA 5 nm
John Foster Aitchison Brinson GA 5 nm
James Willis Cannon Jr Brinson GA 5 nm
Philip Maxwell Ponder Whigham GA 17 nm
Stephen George Rogers Havana FL 24 nm
Larry Ladon Sirmons Havana FL 24 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Marion Clyde Harrell Jr Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Karl Pierce Young Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Edward Lane Bush Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Henry Lewis Howard Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Thomas B Ashcroft Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Charles Drane Smith Jr Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Richard Daniel Martin Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Kevin Lawrence Causey Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Kenneth Leggette Heard Bainbridge GA 5 nm
Douglas Spencer Heard Bainbridge GA 5 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Sunset Eagle
Panama City, FL
 71 nm
Centric MX
Apalachicola, FL
 78 nm
Monarch Aviation, Inc.
Defuniak Springs, FL
 80 nm
SkyWarrior Aircraft Maintenance
Pensacola, FL
 135 nm
Precision Avionics Specialists, Inc
Griffin, GA
 137 nm
Classic Aircraft Maintenance, Inc.
Newnam, GA
 141 nm
Oasis Aviation Maintenance
Newnan, GA
 141 nm
Aeropaint II
Carrollton, GA
 162 nm
Advanced AeroTechnologies Group
Fernandina Beach, FL
 165 nm
Quest Avionics, Inc.
Crystal River, FL
 166 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.