Mathis Airport
| Mathis Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: GA27 | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Private | ||
| Operator | Flyboy Aviation Properties, LLC | ||
| Location | Suwanee, Georgia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,171 (est) ft / 357.0 (est) m | ||
| Coordinates | 34°06′04.35″N 84°09′39.69″W / 34.1012083°N 84.1610250°WCoordinates: 34°06′04.35″N 84°09′39.69″W / 34.1012083°N 84.1610250°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 3/21 | 1,800 | 548.6 | Asphalt |
Mathis Airport (FAA LID: GA27) is a private airport located in unincorporated Forsyth County, Georgia, about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Suwanee in the northeastern part of metro Atlanta.
It has a (recently expanded) 1800-foot or 550-meter runway, and is 1,171 feet (357 m) or 357 meters above mean sea level (AMSL). Mathis Airport sits among residential subdivisions in southern Forsyth County. It is a private airport, but memberships are available to pilots who wish to operate out of the airfield. Only members are allowed to fly in, fly out and/or be on the airport property. Anyone who is found on the property without a membership IS trespassing.
Important Safety Note: The runway has been measured to be 1733 feet from threshold to threshold.
From 2004 to 2009, Mathis was home to Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1415, but in 2009 this chapter moved to Air Acres airport in Woodstock, GA.
LG Mathis founded Mathis Airport in 1959 as a privately owned / public use airport. In 1979 LG Mathis and Patrick McLaughlin began Mathis Airpark as a fly-in residential community adjacent to the airport. In 1985 LG Mathis sold half of the airport to his brother, CJ. In 1990 CJ Mathis bought the remaining half of the airport. In 1992 CJ sold the airport to Seven Oaks, LLC. In 1995 Seven Oaks, LLC sold the airport back to CJ Mathis. In June 2004 CJ sold the airport (10.53 acres) and an adjacent subdivision lot (3.54 acres) in the airpark to Flyboy Aviation Properties LLC (Flyboy Aviation).
In 2004, Flyboy Aviation expanded the airport in many ways (tore down the original wooden hangars and cinder-block FBO, added 17 new metal T-hangars, built a new club house, widened and lengthened the asphalt runway, asphalted taxiways and hangar aprons).
Facilities
Mathis Airport covers 10.53 acres (4.26 ha) and has one runway:
- Runway 3/21: 1,800 ft × 35 ft (549 m × 11 m), Surface: Asphalt
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