Guntersville Municipal Airport | |
Faa: | 8A1 |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City of Guntersville |
City-Served: | Guntersville, Alabama |
Elevation-F: | 615 |
Elevation-M: | 187 |
Coordinates: | 34.3994°N -86.2703°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alabama#USA |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Alabama |
Pushpin Label: | 8A1 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 07/25 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,005 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,263 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2016 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 9,217 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 39 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Guntersville Municipal Airport, also known as Joe Starnes Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Guntersville, a city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2]
Airport covers an area of 55acres at an elevation of 615 feet (187 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,005 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 13, 2009, the airport had 9,217 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 5% helicopter.