Falcon Aviation Academy flight school along with the University of Georgia Aviation club (Aviation Club at UGA) is based at the airport. The University of Georgia Athletics Association, specifically the basketball, baseball and softball teams, use the airport as the primary hub for transporting players, coaches, and staff to and from distant away games (the football team must commute to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta to fly because Athens' runways are nowhere near long enough to accommodate the Boeing 757 and Boeing 767, which are commonly used to transport college football teams.) Airlines and destinations There are no airlines serving Athens at this time. Statistics References Other sources Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-2002-11348) from the U.S. Department of Transportation: Notice (January 11, 2002): from CCAIR Inc., a Mesa Air Group subsidiary, of intent to discontinue scheduled non-subsidized Essential Air Service between Athens, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina, effective April 14, 2002. Order 2002-2-14 (February 15, 2002): prohibiting CCAIR, Inc. from terminating its unsubsidized services at Athens, Georgia; and requiring the carrier to maintain service between the community and Charlotte, North Carolina, for an initial 30-day period following the end of the notice period; and requesting proposals from carriers interested in providing replacement service at the community. Order 2004-3-25 (March 23, 2004): selecting Air Midwest, Inc., d/b/a US Airways Express, to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Athens, Georgia, for a two-year period at an annual subsidy rate of $392,108, and setting final rates for Air Midwest hold-in service at the community retroactive to June 14, 2003, and ending with the beginning of the two-year rate term. Order 2006-3-19 (March 22, 2006): re-selecting Air Midwest, Inc., a wholly owned subsidy of Mesa Air Group, Inc., d/b/a US Airways Express, to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Athens, Georgia, for the two-year period beginning June 1, 2006. Order 2007-7-21 (July 26, 2007): selecting Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc. to provide subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) at DuBois and Franklin/Oil City, Pennsylvania, Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs/Lewisburg, West Virginia, and Athens, Georgia, at a total annual subsidy rate of $4,077,792 ($1,159,229 for DuBois, $763,741 for Franklin/Oil City, $1,329,477 for Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs/Lewisburg, and $825,345 for Athens) for the two-year period beginning when Gulfstream inaugurates service through the end of the 24th month thereafter. Order 2008-5-43 (May 29, 2008): selecting Pacific Wings, L.L.C. d/b/a Georgia Skies, to provide subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) at Athens and