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KAIV George Downer Airport
Aliceville, Alabama, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: AIV
Lat/Long: 33-06-23.2750N / 088-11-52.0500W
33-06.387917N / 088-11.867500W
33.1064653 / -88.1977917
(estimated)
Elevation: 150 ft. / 45.7 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01E (1985)
From city: 2 miles SW of ALICEVILLE, AL
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 35442

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1961
Sectional chart: MEMPHIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
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: 122.8

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
IGBr141/27.7BIGBEE VORTAC116.2004E
CBMr159/34.3CALEDONIA VORTAC115.2000E
LDKr252/34.4CRIMSON VORTAC117.8003E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ALICEVILLEat field254AIV .- .. ...-
BRYAN119/38.128102ESTF ... - ..-.

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

Dimensions: 4970 x 80 ft. / 1515 x 24 m
Surface: asphalt, in poor condition
CRACKED WITH VEGETATION, LOOSE AGGREGATE.
Runway edge lights: low intensity
Runway edge markings: RY 24 MKGS FADED.
RUNWAY 6  RUNWAY 24
Latitude: 33-06.193333N33-06.582500N
Longitude: 088-12.296000W088-11.439000W
Elevation: 142.1 ft.149.5 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: 193 ft.613 ft.
Markings: basic, in poor conditionbasic, in poor condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none14 ft. brush, 216 ft. from runway, 74 ft. left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear
OBSTN CLNC SLOPE 59:1 FM DSPLCD THLD.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF ALICEVILLE
215 FIRST ST NE
ALICEVILLE, AL 35442
Phone 205-373-6611
ALTERNATE PHONE NUMBER 205-315-1057.
Manager: CITY OF ALICEVILLE
11135 HWY 17
ALICEVILLE, AL 35442
Phone 205-373-0446

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 3
Single engine airplanes: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 103/week *
100% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 26 July 2006

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at KAIV.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

3M8 - North Pickens Airport (19 nm NE)
KUBS - Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (23 nm NW)
KGTR - Golden Triangle Regional Airport (29 nm NW)
KTCL - Tuscaloosa Regional Airport (30 nm E)
M51 - Oktibbeha Airport (34 nm NW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:5311:53
Sunrise06:1912:19
Sunset16:5422:54
Evening civil twilight17:2023:20

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Nov-2009 06:06:53
Local (UTC-6)  09-Nov-2009 00:06:53
 
METAR
KGTR 
28nm NW 
090555Z 08006KT 10SM CLR 16/10 A3022 RMK AO1 54000
KTCL 
30nm E 
090553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/10 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP233 T01560100 10161 20128 402440061 55003
KCBM 
34nm N 
090555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP233 T01360125 10156 20131 402360060 56002 $
KNMM 
39nm SW 
090556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP239 T01440117 10178 20144 402390061 51007 $
TAF
KGTR 
28nm NW 
090538Z 0906/1006 09005KT P6SM OVC200 FM090900 09006KT P6SM SCT012 OVC150 FM091500 08012KT P6SM SCT050 OVC150 FM092100 04010KT P6SM VCSH OVC050 FM100200 04008KT P6SM VCSH BKN035 OVC050
KTCL 
30nm E 
090521Z 0906/1006 09003KT P6SM BKN250 FM091500 07008KT P6SM BKN150 FM100300 06010KT P6SM -RA OVC050
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