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72GA Barbour Island Airport
Shellman Bluff, Georgia, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 01 OCTOBER 2026

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
SVNr192/26.1HUNTER VOR/DME111.6002W
SSIr023/33.8BRUNSWICK VORTAC109.8004W
SAVr189/33.8SAVANNAH VORTAC115.9506W

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

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

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 18-Oct-2026
 Local
(UTC-4)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0711:07
Sunrise07:3111:31
Sunset18:4922:49
Evening civil twilight19:1423:14

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-Oct-2026 18:32:13
Local (UTC-4)  18-Oct-2026 14:32:13
 
METAR
KBQK 
23nm SW 		181815Z AUTO 02011KT 10SM SCT032 18/08 A3034 RMK AO2 T01820084
KLHW 
24nm NW 		181755Z 03009KT 10SM CLR 19/05 A3036 RMK AO2A SLP284 T01850053 10186 20093 58016 $
KSVN 
26nm N 		181755Z 02008KT 10SM CLR 19/06 A3033 RMK AO2A SLP274 T01850057 10195 20096 58017 $
KSSI 
27nm S 		181815Z AUTO 01011G20KT 10SM OVC028 18/09 A3031 RMK AO2
KSAV 
32nm N 		181753Z 05010KT 10SM FEW030 18/06 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP285 T01830056 10183 20089 58017
KJES 
33nm W 		181755Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 19/06 A3039 RMK AO2
TAF
KSVN 
26nm N 		181700Z 1817/1923 03010G20KT 9999 SKC QNH3035INS BECMG 1917/1918 01010G15KT 9999 SKC QNH3020INS TX20/1820Z TN11/1911Z
KSSI 
27nm S 		181720Z 1818/1918 01014G24KT P6SM SCT045 FM182000 03020G28KT P6SM FEW035 BKN050 FM190000 02021G23KT P6SM FEW045
KSAV 
32nm N 		181721Z 1818/1918 03011G19KT P6SM FEW035 FM182200 03010G16KT P6SM SKC FM190000 01008KT P6SM SKC FM191400 02010G16KT P6SM FEW040
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