Souther Field

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Coordinates: 32°06′39″N 084°11′20″W / 32.11083, -84.18889

Souther Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KACJ – FAA: ACJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Americus
Location		Americus, Georgia
Elevation AMSL		471 ft / 144 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	6,021	1,835	Asphalt
9/27	3,787	1,154	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			5,600
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Souther Field (ICAO: KACJ, FAA LID: ACJ) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Americus, in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. It owned by the City of Americus.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Souther Field is assigned ACJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Souther Field covers an area of 378 acres (153 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 6,021 x 100 ft. (1,835 x 30 m) and 9/27 measuring 3,787 x 75 ft. (1,154 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending June 7, 2006, the airport had 5,600 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military.^[1]