Transportation

Air

Location of the nearest commercial air service is Macon (KMCN), 37 miles, by Atlantic Southeast. Location of nearest public airport is Hawkinsville (54A) with a 3,000 foot (being extended to 4,000 feet) bituminous, lighted runway. The Perry (KPXE) airport has a 5,000 ft runway and Jet A fuel and is only 20 minutes by car. Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport is 120 miles.

Rail

Norfolk Southern Piggyback service at Macon (43 miles).

Shipping

Georgia has 2 modern, deep-water Atlantic Ocean ports: Savannah and Brunswick. The nearest seaport is in Brunswick, Georgia (152 miles) with a maintained channel depth of 30 feet. In 2003, the new channel depth of the seaport in Brunswick will be 36 feet.

The nearest navigable river is the Chattahoochee River (9 foot channel depth) with a public barge dock at Columbus, Georgia (104 miles).

Trucking

Georgia is one of the nation's major trucking hubs.

Motor freight service is provided to every county in Georgia. Approximately 25,000 interstate carriers have the authority to operate in or through Georgia. Hawkinsville is served by 3 interstate and 22 inter-intrastate motor freight carriers.

Motor Freight Carriers Service Hawkinsville Summary

Pilot Transport Company, Hawkinsville: 478-783-0707

AAA Cooper Transport, Macon: 478-781-1055
Daily delivery/pick-up between 100 and 1:00
Rates based on volume

Consolidation Freight Way, Macon: 478-781-5650
Rates based on volume

ANL Carriers, Cordele: 229-273-3003
Rates based on volume

Truck Load, Lumber Train: 400-342-1286
Rates based on volume

Highway

US Highways 129 and 341

State Highways 247, 112, 26, 256, 27, 230, 11