About Fayette County

Fayette County is 199 square miles and contains five incorporated communities, which include Brooks, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Tyrone, and Woolsey. Fayette is part of the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area and enjoys the close proximity to interstates, state highways, and airports. The county has access to three interstate highway systems, I-75, I-85, and I-285. In addition, State Highways 54, 74, 85, 92, 279, and 314 pass through the county. Atlanta's International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson, is located about twenty miles north of the county. Hartsfield-Jackson is about a 20-25 minute drive while the heart of the cultural, shopping and dining pleasures of Atlanta stretches to 30-40 minutes.

Fayette's own Falcon Field Airport was established in 1968 and is a technologically advanced facility that provides on-site communications capabilities with air traffic control, pilot-controlled lighting and automated weather information (ASOS) provided by the National Weather Service forecast office, which is adjacent to the airport. Falcon Field Airport, in Peachtree City, serves as a local public airport for light aircraft including small jets. Falcon Field has an impressive flight school and is host to the annual "Great Georgia Air Show".

Fayette's citizens can also enjoy the pleasures of mountains and beaches by taking a scenic drive to the northern or southern part of the state. Beautiful North Georgia mountains are approximately an hour and a half drive from home while the beaches of Georgia on the Atlantic coast or the sugary-white beaches of the Florida and Alabama Gulf coasts extend to about a five hour drive.