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72GA

Barbour Island Airport
Shellman Bluff, Georgia, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	72GA
Lat/Long:	31-35-00.7960N 081-13-59.3490W 31-35.013267N 081-13.989150W 31.5835544,-81.2331525 (estimated)
Elevation:	10 ft. / 3 m (estimated)
Variation:	04W (1985)
From city:	12 miles E of SHELLMAN BLUFF, GA
Time zone:	UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	31331

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	03/1988
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	JACKSONVILLE CENTER
FSS:	MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	no

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
SVNr192/26.1	HUNTER VOR/DME	111.60	02W
SSIr023/33.8	BRUNSWICK VORTAC	109.80	04W
SAVr189/33.8	SAVANNAH VORTAC	115.95	06W

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

Dimensions:	2600 x 100 ft. / 792 x 30 m
Surface:	turf
	RUNWAY 6	RUNWAY 24
Traffic pattern:	left	left

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	BARBOUR ISLAND PROPERTY OWNERS ASSN 6399 BARBOUR ISLAND TOWNSEND, GA 31331 Phone 706-352-9110
Manager:	DARRELL CHAISSON 6399 BARBOUR ISLAND TOWNSEND, GA 31331 Phone 706-352-9110

Additional Remarks

-	ON APCH TO TWY 06 IS A MARSH.
-	FOR CD CTC SAVANNAH APCH AT 912-964-3205, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC JACKSONVILLE ARTCC AT 904-845-1592.
-	OPN MARSH AT BOTH ENDS OF THE RWY.
-	GOLF CARTS AND DEER PRSNT INVOF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 72GA.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KBQK - Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (23 nm SW)
KLHW - Wright Army Airfield (Fort Stewart)/Midcoast Regional Airport (25 nm NW)
KSVN - Hunter Army Airfield (26 nm N)
KSSI - St Simons Island Airport (27 nm S)
09J - Jekyll Island Airport (32 nm S)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 13-May-2025

	Local (UTC-4)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:04	10:04
Sunrise	06:31	10:31
Sunset	20:12	00:12
Evening civil twilight	20:38	00:38

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	13-May-2025 16:59:27
Local (UTC-4)	13-May-2025 12:59:27

METAR

KBQK 23nm SW	131635Z AUTO 24009KT 10SM BKN050 BKN065 27/17 A2993 RMK AO2 T02670166
KLHW 24nm NW	131555Z 23006KT 10SM BKN030 26/16 A2989 RMK AO2A SLP124 T02580158 $
KSVN 26nm N	131555Z 28010KT 10SM SCT040 26/15 A2989 RMK AO2A SLP125 T02640154 $
KSSI 27nm S	131635Z AUTO 24008KT 210V270 10SM SCT046 SCT050 28/17 A2992 RMK AO2
KSAV 32nm N	131653Z 25010G16KT 10SM BKN043 27/16 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02670156
KJES 33nm W	131630Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT038 SCT045 SCT060 27/17 A2994 RMK AO2

TAF

KSVN 26nm N	131510Z 1315/1415 28008KT 9999 SCT030 QNH2989INS BECMG 1321/1322 19010G16KT 9999 VCSH SCT030 BKN060 QNH2982INS BECMG 1401/1402 23008KT 9999 NSW SCT030 QNH2982INS TX28/1320Z TN21/1409Z
KSSI 27nm S	131120Z 1312/1412 24008G16KT P6SM SCT025 BKN120 FM131900 17008G16KT P6SM SCT025 OVC120 FM140200 23006KT P6SM BKN250
KSAV 32nm N	131120Z 1312/1412 25005KT P6SM FEW006 SCT025 FM131330 26007KT P6SM SCT035 SCT060 FM131900 22009KT P6SM VCSH SCT040 SCT250 FM140000 18006KT P6SM SCT080 BKN200

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