Airport
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Upson County Airport 2347 Delray Road Thomaston, GA 30286 Phone (706)647-4500 Contact: Mitch Ellerbee email: mitch@thomastonairport.com
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| Mitch Ellerbee-Manager Pete Pettis-Airport Representative Benny Tucker-Airport Representative |
When the Thomaston Upson County Airport (OPN) was opened in July of 1994, it held the distinction of being the first airport in Georgia built from the ground up in more than 20 years.
OPN currently provides 6,350 feet of runway, an ILS approach and
AWOS. There are 63 based aircraft, including five business
operations, 70 T-hangars and three corporate hangars, two of which
are brand new. The joint city and county industrial development
authority has successfully recruited several major businesses to
whom airport access was at the top of their list of needs. The first
among these was Quad/Graphics, which opened their Thomaston plant in
1995 on adjacent property to the airport. Today the airport not only
serves every major business in Upson County, but it also reaches out
to industry and trade in seven surrounding counties.