Cross Keys in Chamblee in DeKalb County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

DeKalb Peachtree Airport

"Doc" Manget Memorial Aviation Park

Photographed by Tracy Andersen Roberts, June 21, 2026

1. "Doc" Manget Memorial Aviation Park Marker

Inscription.
PDK — DeKalb Peachtree Airport. Georgia’s first aviation park. Inspiring the next generation.

Doc Manget Memorial Aviation Park. Dedicated by Vernon Jones, CEO DeKalb County, June 3, 2006. — Board of Commissioners for DeKalb County: Elaine Boyer – District 1 • Gale Walldorff – District 2 • Lary Johnson – District 3 • Burell Ellis – District 4 • Hank Johnson – District 5 • Katie Gannon – District 6 • Connie Stokes – District 7

You are enjoying this park thanks to the vision, inspiration and dedication of Carl “Lee” Remmel, Airport Director.

PDK Park Restoration Committee: Jeanine Chambers Biron, Executive Director, Angel Flight of Georgia • Lee Remmel, PDK Airport Director • Mike Van Wie, PDK Assistant Airport Director • Mario Evans, PDK Noise Analyst • Daniel Edwards, D. A. Edwards & Company • Doug Towns, Partner, Jones Day

In memory of Allison Hope Hollenbeck

Erected 2006 by Southern Company.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Parks & Recreational Areas.

Location. 33° 52.591′ N, 84° 18.229′ W. Marker is

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in Chamblee, Georgia, in DeKalb County. It is in Cross Keys. It can be reached from Airport Road east of Clairmont Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2000 Airport Road, Atlanta GA 30341, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont

and in Metro Atlanta.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: AD 4 Skyraider Navy Attack Plane (here, next to this marker); 1917 ✯ Camp Gordon ✯ 1919 (within shouting distance of this marker); 1941 ✯ Naval Air Station Atlanta ✯ 1959 (within shouting distance of this marker); H.F. "Doc" Manget, Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); The Rainey Plantation

Photographed by Tracy Andersen Roberts, June 21, 2026

2. "Doc" Manget Memorial Aviation Park Marker

(approx. 1.2 miles away); The Samuel House Plantation (approx. 1.4 miles away); Site: Blake’s Mill (approx. 1.4 miles away); Oglethorpe University (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chamblee.

Also see . . . Listing at AtlantaAreaParks.com.

Doc Manget Memorial Aviation Park is a fun and unique park positioned next to DeKalb Peachtree Airport’s runway. If you enjoy watching airplanes take off and land, this is the park for you.

(Submitted on June 21, 2026, by Tracy Andersen Roberts of Atlanta, Georgia.)

full view of marker collage wall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tracy Andersen Roberts, June 21, 2026

3. full view of marker collage wall

view including nearby playground and Quonset hut picnic shelter image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tracy Andersen Roberts, June 21, 2026

4. view including nearby playground and Quonset hut picnic shelter

Photographed by Tracy Andersen Roberts, June 21, 2026

5. detail #1

Photographed by Tracy Andersen Roberts, June 21, 2026

6. detail #3

Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2026, by Tracy Andersen Roberts of Atlanta, Georgia. This page has been viewed 20 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 21, 2026, by Tracy Andersen Roberts of Atlanta, Georgia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.