Wetumpka Municipal Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Alabama, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Wetumpka Municipal Airport

| image = Wetumpka Alabama Municipal Airport.jpg

| caption = Front entrance and airfield

| image2 = Wetumpka Municipal Airport.jpg

| caption2 = NAIP aerial image, 2006

| FAA = 08A

| type = Public

| owner = City of Wetumpka

| operator =

| city-served = Wetumpka, Alabama

| location =

| elevation-f = 197

| elevation-m = 60

| coordinates = {{coord|32|31|46|N|086|19|42|W|region:US-AL_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| r1-number = 9/27

| r1-length-f = 3,011

| r1-length-m = 918

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| r2-number = 18/36

| r2-length-f = 2,876

| r2-length-m = 877

| r2-surface = Turf

| stat-year = 2010

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations

| stat1-data = 39,400

| stat2-header = Based aircraft

| stat2-data = 80

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=08A|use=PU|own=PU|site=00590.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.

| module ={{Infobox historic site

| embed = yes

| name =

| designation1 = Alabama Register

| designation1_offname =

| designation1_date = February 21, 2013{{cite web |title=Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage Listings as of April 7, 2023 |url=https://ahc.alabama.gov/AlabamaRegisterPDFs/Alabama%20Register%20of%20Landmarks%20&%20Heritage%20Property%20Listing%20(for%20web1).pdf |website=ahc.alabama.gov |access-date=1 February 2024}}

| designation1_number = }}

}}

Wetumpka Municipal Airport {{airport codes|||08A}} is a city-owned, public-use airport located {{convert|6|nmi|mi km|spell=in}} west of the central business district of Wetumpka, a city in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] for 2011–2015: [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)]. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010. During World War II the airport, known then as Elmore Auxiliary Field, served as an auxiliary field for Gunter Army Airfield training operations. In 2013 the airport was listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.{{cite web| url=http://www.alabamaaviator.com/news.asp?record_no=25243 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117232601/http://www.alabamaaviator.com/news.asp?record_no=25243 | archive-date=2015-11-17 | title=Wetumpka Municipal Airport Listed as Historical Landmark | date=2013-03-12}}

Facilities and aircraft

Wetumpka Municipal Airport covers an area of {{convert|312|acre|ha|lk=on}} at an elevation of {{convert|197|ft|m}} above mean sea level. It has two runways: 9/27 is {{convert|3,011|by|80|ft|m}} with an asphalt surface; 18/36 is {{convert|2,876|by|130|ft|m}} with a turf surface.

For the 12-month period ending December 7, 2010, the airport had 39,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 107 per day. At that time there were 80 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 1% helicopter and 1% glider.

See also

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