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4A6 Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field
Scottsboro, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 4A6
Lat/Long: 34-41-19.3600N / 086-00-21.3300W
34-41.322667N / 086-00.355500W
34.6887111 / -86.0059250
(estimated)
Elevation: 650 ft. / 198 m (estimated)
Variation: 03W (2010)
From city: 2 miles NE of SCOTTSBORO, AL
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 35768

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1975
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1700
FOR SVC AFT HRS CALL 1-800-717-0844 EXT 01 OR 256-663-0874.
Pattern altitude: 1450 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Taxiway lights: TWY LGTS FOR TWY TURNOFF ONLY.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
WX AWOS-3 at 4A9 (19 nm SE): 119.025 (256-845-5397)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ATLANTA ARTCC ON FREQS 133.8/353.7 (GADSDEN RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
RQZr100/31.6ROCKET VORTAC112.2002E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
FORT PAYNE302/19.342601WFTP ..-. - .--.
SARATOGA024/28.329602WARF .- .-. ..-.
BOILING FORK176/29.526302WBGF -... --. ..-.
JASPER225/30.438202WAPT .- .--. -
REDSTONE091/33.728700WHUA .... ..- .-
KELSO136/37.535801WTNY - -. -.--
CAPSHAW099/38.535001WCWH -.-. .-- ....

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Powerplant service: MINOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 4/22

Dimensions: 5250 x 80 ft. / 1600 x 24 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 15.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 4  RUNWAY 22
Latitude: 34-40.979167N34-41.666167N
Longitude: 086-00.674167W086-00.036833W
Elevation: 650.3 ft.630.1 ft.
Gradient: 0.5%0.5%
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 040 magnetic, 037 true220 magnetic, 217 true
Displaced threshold: no230 ft.
RY 22 LGTD THLDS DSPLCD FOR NIGHT OPNS.
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 42 ft. trees, 1041 ft. from runway, 54 ft. right of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear37 ft. pole, 603 ft. from runway, 139 ft. left of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE 22:1 FM DSPLCD THLD.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF SCOTTSBORO
916 BROAD ST
SCOTTSBORO, AL 35768
Phone 256-574-3100
Manager: ELBERT DAUGHERTY
86 AVIATION CIRCLE
SCOTTSBORO, AL 35768
Phone 256-259-3702

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 40
Single engine airplanes: 33
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 6
    
Aircraft operations: avg 21/day *
81% transient general aviation
19% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 12 May 2009

Additional Remarks

RED LGTD TV TWR 1 MILE SW.
ADDITIONAL OBSTNS FOR RY 04 ARE MT 2500 FT FM THLD 3000 FT LEFT & ANT 2800 FT FM THLD 4200 FT L.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 04 **CHANGED**   download (291KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 22 **CHANGED**   download (271KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (72KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

4A9 - Isbell Field Airport (19 nm SE)
8A1 - Guntersville Municipal Airport - Joe Starnes Field (22 nm SW)
KMDQ - Madison County Executive Airport/Tom Sharp Jr Field (29 nm W)
KBGF - Winchester Municipal Airport (29 nm N)
8A0 - Albertville Regional Airport-Thomas J Brumlik Field (30 nm SW)
 
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Area around 4A6 (Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field)
 
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Aerial photo of 4A6 (Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field)
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From to 4A6

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 07-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4511:45
Sunrise06:1112:11
Sunset16:4422:44
Evening civil twilight17:1123:11

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 03:13:53
Local (UTC-6)  07-Nov-2009 21:13:53
 
METAR
K4A9 
19nm SE 
080300Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/04 A3024 RMK AO2 T00700043
KMDQ 
29nm W 
080300Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3022 RMK AO2 T00850039
K8A0 
30nm SW 
080259Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 13/03 A3023 RMK AO2
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Hodges Aviation 256-259-3702
no information available

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FS 
100LL 
$3.90 
Jet A 
$3.40 
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Hotels near Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field

Miles Price ($)
COMFORT INN AND SUITES 0.7 100-135
HAMPTON STE SCOTTSBORO 1.5 
JAMESON INN SCOTTSBORO 2.1 75-76
AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN 2.1 41-95
DAYS INN SCOTTSBORO AL 2.2 55-70
COMFORT INN SCOTTSBORO 2.6 75-85

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field

6 in Scottsboro
1 in Stevenson
 

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