Athens Ben Epps Airport- AHN-Ben Epps

Athens Ben Epps Airport is a public airport located near the central business district of Athens. The airport is owned by the Clarke County and serves the greater area of Athens, Georgia. The airport was named after the first aviator in the history of Georgia - Ben T. Epps. The airport has been opened to the public since the early 1900s. Mostly used for general aviation, its main commercial airline for scheduled passenger flights was the Essential Air Service. In 2008, the airport began serving two flights daily to Charlotte via the Air Midwest that operates as the U.S. Airway Express.

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Sitting 246 meters above sea level, there are no airlines serving AHN Airport at this moment. The last airline that provided scheduled flights from the airport was SeaPort Airlines. It was back in 2012 when the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded this airline with flights to Nashville, from AHN Airport replacing GeorgiaSkies. Negotiations on an unnamed airline that will start regional domestic flights from Athens Ben Epps Airport are underway. This will service flights going to New York City and the Baltimore area. Local destinations close to the airport include the regions of Demorest, Cornelia and Dahlonega.

What to Do & Area Attractions

Four-star rated Graduate Athens, a hotel where modern and classical element that resembles the southern culture is fused. It is one of the nearby hotels close to AHN Airport and is located 3 miles away. Holiday Inn Athens-University Area is also located nearby, and a cheaper accommodation for the budget conscious traveler.