The Stone Mountain Airport , later also known as Stone Mountain Britt Memorial Airport (after the owner's wife), was a small privately run public-use airport located in

Stone Mountain, Georgia Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,703 according to the 2020 US Census. Stone Mountain is in the eastern part of DeKalb County and is a suburb of Atlanta that encompasses nearly 1.7 square mil ...

(east-northeast of the mountain) from around 1962 until 1996. Used for

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, it had a paved

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of either or , and a "

crosswind A crosswind is any wind that has a perpendicular component to the line or direction of travel. This affects the aerodynamics of many forms of transport. Moving non-parallel to the wind's direction creates a crosswind component on the object and th ...

" grass runway of unknown length. The

fixed-base operator A fixed-base operator (FBO) is an organization granted the right by an airport to operate at the airport and provide aeronautical services such as fueling, hangaring, tie-down and parking, aircraft rental, aircraft maintenance, flight instructio ...

was Stone Mountain Aviation Inc. It was closed prior to the Centennial

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in nearby

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...

. By the 2000s, the

hangar A hangar is a building or structure designed to hold aircraft or spacecraft. Hangars are built of metal, wood, or concrete. The word ''hangar'' comes from Middle French ''hanghart'' ("enclosure near a house"), of Germanic origin, from Frankish ...

s and other buildings had been removed, It is now used for R/C plane

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ists. Its FAA location ID is now used at an R/C

heliport A heliport is a small airport suitable for use by helicopters and some other vertical lift aircraft. Designated heliports typically contain one or more touchdown and liftoff areas and may also have limited facilities such as fuel or hangars. I ...

Bensalem, Pennsylvania Bensalem Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The township borders the northeastern section of Philadelphia and includes the communities of Andalusia, Bensalem, Bridgewater, Cornwells Heights, Eddington, Flushing, Oakford, S ...

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*http://www.airfields-freeman.com/GA/Airfields_GA_Atlanta.htm#stonemtn Buildings and structures in DeKalb County, Georgia 1963 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 1996 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Defunct airports in Georgia (U.S. state) Airports established in 1963 Airports disestablished in 1996 {{GeorgiaUS-airport-stub