Pickens County Airport (Georgia)
Pickens County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. It is located two nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Jasper, Georgia. As per the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned JZP by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.Pickens County Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 1,535 feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 100 feet.
For the 12-month period ending June 26, 2009, the airport had 15,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 41 per day. At that time there were 55 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, 4% helicopter and 13% ultralight.
