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 which were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
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Airports
This list contains the following information:
- CITY - The city generally associated with the airport. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside of the city they serve.
- FAA - The location identifier assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
- IATA - The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Those which do not match the FAA code are shown in bold.
- ICAO - The location indicator assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
- AIRPORT - The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
- ROLE - One of four FAA airport categories, based on the 2007-2011 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Report and updated for calendar year 2007 enplanements:
- P: Commercial Service - Primary are publicly owned airports which receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
- L: Large Hub which accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- M: Medium Hub which accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- S: Small Hub which accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- N: Non-Hub which accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements
- CS: Commercial Service - Non-Primary are publicly owned airports which receive scheduled passenger service and have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year.
- RL: Reliever airports are designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at a large commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall community.
- GA: General Aviation airports are the largest single group of airports in the U.S. airport system.
- P: Commercial Service - Primary are publicly owned airports which receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
- ENPL. is the number of enplanements (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in calendar year 2007, as per FAA records.
See also
- Essential Air Service
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America #Alabama
- Alabama World War II Army Airfields
References
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
- FAA Airport Data (Form 5010) from National Flight Data Center (NFDC), also available from AirportIQ 5010.
- FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) for 2007-2011, as published October 2, 2006.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data for 2007 (preliminary), as published July 17, 2008.
State:
- Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT): Aeronautics Bureau
Other sites used as a reference when compiling and updating this list:
- Aviation Safety Network - used to check IATA airport codes.
- Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Alabama - used to check IATA and ICAO airport codes.
- Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Alabama - used for information on former airports.
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