Thomas C. Russell Field
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Thomas C. Russell Field
| image = Thomas_C._Russell_Field.jpg
| caption = NAIP aerial image, 30 June 2006
| IATA = ALX
| ICAO = KALX
| FAA = ALX
| type = Public
| owner = City of Alexander City
| operator =
| city-served = Alexander City, Alabama
| location =
| elevation-f = 686
| website = [http://www.alexandercityonline.com/airport.html AlexanderCityOnline.com/...]
| coordinates = {{coord|32|54|53|N|085|57|47|W|region:US-AL_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Alabama#USA
| pushpin_mapsize = 150
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alabama
| pushpin_label = ALX
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 18/36
| r1-length-f = 5,422
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2019
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 10/7/2019)
| stat1-data = 33,312
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 21
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=ALX|use=PU|own=PU|site=00116.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
}}
Thomas C. Russell Field {{airport codes|ALX|KALX|ALX}} is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Alexander City, a city in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States.
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
| title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)
| work =2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration
| date = 4 October 2010
}}
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part1.pdf
| title = 2009–2013 NPIAS Report, Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB)
| work = 2009–2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration
| date = 15 October 2008
}}
both of which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
Facilities and aircraft
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).
For the 12-month period ending October 7, 2019, the airport had 33,312 aircraft operations, an average of 91 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% military. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 15 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 1 jet.
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.alexandercityonline.com/airport.html Airport page] at Alexander City website
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=32.9148&lon=-85.9629&w=500&h=1000&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of March 1997] from USGS The National Map
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927044705/http://creports.capnhq.gov/airfield/ViewAirport.asp?view=Thumb&state=AL&code=ALX&filetype=_ |date=September 27, 2006 |title=Airfield photos from U.S. Civil Air Patrol }}
- {{FAA-procedures|ALX}}
{{US-airport-ga|ALX}}
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Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Tallapoosa County, Alabama