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Jack Edwards Airport was originally an outlying field (Canal Field) for Naval Air Station Pensacola. The U.S. Navy sold it to the state of Alabama in 1977 and the new airport was named for U.S. Rep. Jack Edwards. In 1983 the state sold the airport to the city of Gulf Shores. A new terminal was built in 1998 and a runway extension was completed ...
This is a list of airports in Alabama (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
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Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (IATA: MSL [2], ICAO: KMSL, FAA LID: MSL) is a public-use airport, located one mile east of Muscle Shoals, in Colbert County, Alabama. It is owned by the counties of Colbert and Lauderdale. The airport is serviced by Contour Airlines, and subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Formerly, the airport ...
Thomas C. Russell Field covers an area of 293 acres (119 ha) at an elevation of 686 feet (209 m) above mean sea level.It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,422 by 96 feet (1,653 x 29 m).
South Alabama Regional Airport at Bill Benton Field (FAA LID: 79J), formerly known as Andalusia-Opp Airport, is a public use airport in Covington County, Alabama, United States. [1] It is located four nautical miles (5 mi , 7 km ) east of the central business district of Andalusia [ 1 ] and about 9 miles (14 km) west of Opp .
On August 31, the hurricane struck Gulf Shores, Alabama [1] as a Category 1 hurricane [3] with sustained winds estimated near 85 mph (137 km/h). [1] [2] The estimated central pressure at landfall was 980 mbar (29 inHg). [3] Baker moved inland over Alabama and dissipated over southeastern Missouri on September 1. [1]
After the airport returned to city control in August 1948 Southern Airways began service. [9] In March 1951 four runways were in use, Runways 5/23 (now 6/24) and 18/36, and runways at about 45/225 degrees north of Runway 5/23 and 85/265 degrees mostly south of Runway 5/23. Runway lengths were about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) to 5,500 feet (1,700 m).