Stone Mountain Airport

Summary

The Stone Mountain Airport (FAA LID: 00A), later also known as Stone Mountain Britt Memorial Airport (after the owner's wife), was a small privately run public-use airport located in Stone Mountain, Georgia (east-northeast of the mountain), United States, from around 1962 until 1996. Used for general aviation, it had a paved runway of either 2,700 feet (820 m) or 3,000 feet (910 m), and a "crosswind" grass runway of unknown length. The fixed-base operator was Stone Mountain Aviation Inc.

Stone Mountain Airport
1993 USGS aerial photo
Summary
Airport typePublic-use (closed)
OwnerMark Britt
OperatorStone Mountain Aviation Inc.
LocationStone Mountain, Georgia
Coordinates33°49′N 84°07′W / 33.81°N 84.12°W / 33.81; -84.12 (Stone Mountain Airport (closed))
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 3,000/2,700 910/820 Paved
12/30? unk. unk. Grass

It was closed prior to the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics in nearby Atlanta. By the 2000s, the hangars and other buildings had been removed. It is now used for R/C plane hobbyists. Its FAA location ID is now used at an R/C heliport in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

External links edit

  • http://www.airfields-freeman.com/GA/Airfields_GA_Atlanta.htm#stonemtn