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Walker County Airport covers an area of 297 acres (120 ha) which contains one runway (9/27) with a 5,003 x 100 ft (1,525 x 30 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending April 5, 2000, the airport had 33,616 aircraft operations, an average of 92 per day: 99.7% general aviation and 0.3% military.
A 1,500-foot runway extension opened July 1, 2013. [2] For the 12-month period ending April 16, 2009, the airport had 34,260 aircraft operations, an average of 93 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 102 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 2% jet and 7% helicopter. [1]
Craig Field 1942 classbook. Craig Air Force Base near Selma, Alabama, was a U.S. Air Force undergraduate pilot training (UPT) installation that closed in 1977. Today the facility is a civilian airport known as Craig Field Airport and Industrial Complex (ICAO: KSEM; FAA: SEM).
Katherine Stinson and her Curtiss airplane.. Katherine Stinson (February 14, 1891 – July 8, 1977) was an American aviation pioneer who, in 1912, became the fourth woman in the United States to earn the FAI pilot certificate.
The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest pilot union in the world, [1] representing more than 79,000 pilots [1] from 42 US and Canadian airlines. ALPA was founded on 27 July 1931 [2] [3] and is a member of the AFL-CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress. Known internationally as US-ALPA, ALPA is also a member of the ...
Dauphin Island Airport covers an area of 22 acres (9 ha) at an elevation of 5 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 80 feet (914 x 24 m). For the 12-month period ending May 18, 2010, the airport had 3,650 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day. [1]
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The Alabama State Trooper Aviation Unit was formed in 1975 using four Bell H-13 Sioux and one Cessna 182. The unit currently operates one Bell 206 L, one Bell 407 , seven OH-58 helicopters and three Cessna 182’s, a Piper Navajo and King Air 200 .