Athens Ben Epps Airport

Athens Ben Epps Airport (KAHN) is a medium airport in Athens, GA. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KAHN or IATA code AHN. It sits in North America.

Athens Ben Epps Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,122-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 6,122 ft (1,866 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.

Athens Ben Epps Airport sits near sea level at 808 ft.

Local operations run on America/New_York. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 1 departing and 2 arriving private-jet legs at KAHN across the next six months of operator inventory. 1 aircraft from 2 operators are based here or fly through regularly, so most empty-leg supply originates from a local fleet rather than out-of-town repositioning.

Regional fields like KAHN are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Athens–Ben Epps Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Athens, a city in Clarke County, Georgia, United States. The airport is named after Ben T. Epps, the first aviator in the state of Georgia, who opened the airport in 1917. It is mostly used for general aviation, though it has seen airline service throughout its history.