As always, we welcome your comments and ideas and of course, if your residential airpark isn’t listed or if you have information about other fly-in communities in the state for which we’re reporting, or any other state, let us know by filling in this form with the appropriate infomration.

Georgia counts 27 airparks with three of them currently in planning or under construction. The earliest state facility, Pinewood Airpark, opened in 1967 at Douglasville, GA.

Virtually all of those under construction report their lots will be less than an acre while only one established airpark says its lots are less then an acre. There are 24 fly-in communities in the LWYP database reporting residential lots of an acre or more.

Heaven’s Landing at Clayton, opened in 2002 has the distinction of having the largest number of residential lots on a Georgia airpark - 300. Only one other airpark in the state lays claim to more than 150 lots. Most airparks report less then 20 lots - 11 of them while five each report between 21 and 35 and 36 to 50. There are three state airparks with between 51 and 100 lots each.

Runways are predominately paved. With 25 airparks showing the surface of their runways, 18 indicate they are unpaved while seven have paving. Heaven’s Landing’s paved runway is 5,069 feet, which is the longest in the state. One other airpark has a 4,500 foot paved strip. Five fly-in communities claim runways 2000 feet or less and six others report strips over 3,000 feet. The majority, 15 of them, are between 2100 and 3000 feet long, according to the LWYP database.

Following airparks and city reported as open (click here for a list with links to airpark details):

• Aiken Field, Pendergrass
• Ayresouth Fly-in Community, Temple
• Berry Hill - Kitty Hawk sub-division, Stockbridge
• Blue Mountain Airpark, Trion
• Broad River Airpark, Lavonia
• Brook Bridge Aerodrome, Griffin
• Cedar Ridge, Griffin
• Eagle Neck, Townsend
• Eagles Landing, Williamson
• Flying N Estates, Luthersville
• Gentle Landings, Roberta
• Heaven’s Landing, Clayton
• Jim’s Private Airpark, Conyers
• Kenley Park, Brooks
• Kenwood, Newborn
• Lenora Airport, Snellville
• Little Tobesofkee Creek Ranch, Barnesville
• Lyons Landing, Whitesburg
• Mallard’s Landing, Locust Grove
• Mathis Airport, Cumming
• Peach State Airpark, Williamson
• Plane Living Skypark, Fort Valley
• Spring Valley Farm, Loganville
• Whispering Pines Airpark, Conyers
• Following airparks and city are in planning or construction:
• Berg Park Aerodrome, Midway
• Hunter Aviation estates, Waynesville
• Spanish Creek, Folkston

Track home developments and master planned communities dot the suburban landscape with cookie cutter replication and seemingly unrestrained reproduction. It’s obvious people are looking for an accessible sense of belonging, variety and meaning in their living space and neighborhoods these days. The airpark lifestyle represents freedom, an active lifestyle and adventure – things I see more people are gravitating towards and would like to be a part of.

Maybe like me, you’ve had a desire to develop one near you to live in,
but don’t have the resources – financially or time wise – to do so on
your own. Maybe like me, it requires meeting a like-minded group of
partnering capital investors and developers to move ahead with what you
see (and we see) as a feasible aviation and active lifestyle community
to be built.

Well, let’s put our heads together and see what can come out of good
‘ol American desire and ingenuity! The urban jungle is only growing
while precious wide-open spaces for airstrips and airparks are being
slowly edged out. It’s time to recover and preserve the heritage and
adventure of flight and make it a more accessible and worthwhile
investment and place to live. Let’s talk about build and sell an
airpark together.

That is kind of what I’m imagining: a think tank of like-minded
individuals to discuss pooling their resources and sweat-equity into
building and selling an airpark.

If you’ve got some interest or ideas, please add your comment with an e-mail address or phone so I can contact you.

Anthony Longobardo

We presented two forums on residential airparks during the show and each was attended by about 100 individuals. There were lots of questions and indications that interest in residential airparks continues at a brisk pace.

At least two or three new airpark plans were revealed during the seminars and we’re added them to our listings of airports under construction or in the planning phase. Some of those in the list probably will actually be open during 2007.

Prices for airpark homes and lots continue very strong, despite the reports of housing slowdowns in non-aviation communities.

All this is exciting, positive information for those owning properties or looking to acquire them.

Anyone know of anything similar? I need to be able to show them to my town as proof that they can work.

marc@marccoan.com

Are you an attorney? Or perhaps a real estate appraiser? How about a firefighter or fire department official? Are you knowledgeable in growing grass or highway construction?

These are some of the categories of specialists or experts for whom we’ve had inquiries in the last few months.

On our website is a directory of aviation professionals. Included are the following categories: appraiser, architect, attorney, engineer, hangar door manufacturer, insurance, mortgage banker, planning consultants, real estate sales, airpark development, weather service.

That’s a pretty fair list but often the need for an expert is, for example, on the East Coast and the only specialist we have listed happens to be on the West Coast. That’s why we need to find additional experts in specific fields in all parts of the country.

We provide the listings as a service to subscribers so there is no charge to be included. Obviously, if someone contacts an attorney or architect, etc. there probably will be a fee involved if some services are provided.

With only about 480 airparks listed and not a whole lot more than that in existence around the country, residential airparks are still rather unique facilities that require specialized information. A lawyer who also happens to fly or be well acquainted with aviation is far more likely to be able to help someone than Joe Attorney who doesn’t know a J-3 Cub from a Boeing 747.

So, if you are a professional and know something about airplanes and airports, we need information about you so we can add you to our list of professionals.

Here’s the information you should send us:

Your name, firm name, address, e-mail address, phone and fax.