Fulton County Airport at Charlie Brown Field (IATA: FTY, ICAO: KFTY) is a local airport located just west of Atlanta, and run by Fulton County, Georgia. It is the nearest airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (which is just south of Atlanta), and handles much of the general aviation traffic that would otherwise go there. An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL) is located in the Atlanta, Georgia, USA metropolitan area, and is one of two airports considered the busiest airport in the world, rivaling Chicagos OHare International Airport. ... General aviation (abbr. ... In many parts of the world traffic is generally organized, flowing in lanes of travel for a particular direction, with interchanges, traffic signals, or signage at intersectons to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. ...

It is located very near Interstate 20, Interstate 285, and the Chattahoochee River, just outside the Atlanta city limits. It reports ASOS weather conditions 24 hours per day as West Atlanta. It also acts as the nearest backup station when Dobbins Air Reserve Base does not report overnight. Interstate 20 (abbreviated I-20) is an interstate highway in the southeastern United States. ... MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # Interstate 20 10 Interstate 75 20 Georgia 400 27 Interstate 85 33 U.S. 78 39 Interstate 20 46 Interstate 675 52 Interstate 75 58 Interstate 85 61 Legend BROWSE STATE HWYS GA-406 GA-408 Interstate 285 (Georgia State Route 407), usually known as the... The Chattahoochee River runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the mountains of northeast Georgia, southwestward by Atlanta and through its suburbs, then turns southward to form the southern half of the Georgia/Alabama state line. ... City limits refers to the defined limits of a citys area. ... The Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) and the older Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) are sensors used to measure and record hourly and significant weather conditions at airports across the United States. ... Backup in computer engineering refers to the copying of data for the purpose of having an additional copy of an original source. ... Dobbins Air Reserve Base is a U.S. Air Force Reserve base located in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb about 20 miles or 30 kilometers northwest of Atlanta. ...

Its name comes not from Charlie Brown, the principal character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, but from the nickname for former Atlanta politician Charles M. Brown, who served on the city council and county commission during the 1960s. It is also called Charlie Brown Airport or Brown Field (not to be mistaken for the word "brownfield"). Charlie Brown Charles Charlie Brown is the principal character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Vintage Peanuts strips continue to be sold in book form. ... Charles M. Schulz Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was a 20th-century American cartoonist best known for his Peanuts comic strip. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Tom is short for Thomas). ... Charles M. Brown (1903-1995) was a long-time U.S. politician in Atlanta. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... In town planning, brownfield land is an area of land previously used or built upon, as opposed to industry or mining and therefore may be contaminated by hazardous waste or pollution. ...

External links

• Fulton County Airport webpage

• Information resources for this U.S. airport (IATA: FTY, ICAO: KFTY):
  • AirNav airport information for KFTY
  • FlightAware live airport activity for KFTY
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations for KFTY
  • FAA current flight delay information for FTY