Facts about Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (ABY)

•  Owned by the City of Albany.
• Is a non-hub commercial service airport with approximately 40,000 annual operations.
• Has 35 based aircraft.
•  Hosts one scheduled airline - Delta Connection Carrier which operates three daily flights to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with 75-seat regional jets.
•  United Parcel Service (UPS) has a large presence on the airfield. 
• There is an air cargo sort facility at ABY that services Southwest Georgia, Southeastern Alabama and the Florida panhandle.  
• UPS serves Albany with Airbus A300-600 equipment.
• Serves a market area that includes the five-county Albany MSA which in 2000's U.S. Census had a population of 157,833.  
• Known as the Quail Hunting Capital of the World, private jets from all over come to Southwest Georgia from November to February to take in the excellent hunting.  That hunting traffic contributes much to the local economy.  
• Hosts thousands of military operations from all over the country throughout the year to keep our military pilots in a state of readiness.