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M55 Lamar County Airport
Vernon, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 14 MAY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: M55
Lat/Long: 33-50-48.1880N 088-06-55.7130W
33-50.803133N 088-06.928550W
33.8467189,-88.1154758
(estimated)
Elevation: 463 ft. / 141.1 m (surveyed)
Variation: 02W (2010)
From city: 6 miles N of VERNON, AL
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 35586

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 08/1965
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no
Lights: ARPT LGTS INOP.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
COLUMBUS APPROACH: 126.075
COLUMBUS DEPARTURE: 126.075
WX AWOS-3P at M40 (19 nm W): 118.475 (662-369-3498)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MEMPHIS ARTCC (COLUMBUS RCAG) ON FREQS 127.1/269.4 WHEN COLUMBUS APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
CBMr053/20.3CALEDONIA VORTAC115.2000E
IGBr039/29.4BIGBEE VORTAC116.2004E

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 3613 x 75 ft. / 1101 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in poor condition
WDSPRD JOINT CRACKING WITH VEGETATION.
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 16.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
ARPT LGTS INOP.
Runway edge markings: RWY MARKINGS POOR DUE TO FADING
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 33-51.091750N33-50.515000N
Longitude: 088-07.016850W088-06.840000W
Elevation: 463.0 ft.457.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 168 magnetic, 166 true348 magnetic, 346 true
Markings: nonprecision, in poor conditionnonprecision, in poor condition
Visual slope indicator: pulsating/steady burning VASI on leftpulsating/steady burning VASI on left
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 14 ft. trees, 336 ft. from runway, 137 ft. left of centerline, 9:1 slope to clear
13 FT TREE 160 FT FM RWY END 111 FT RIGHT OF CNTRLN, 0:1 OBST CLNC; 18 FT TREE 149 FT FM RWY END 126 FT RIGHT OF CNTRLN; 11 FT TREE 163 FT FM RWY END 94 FT RIGHT OF CNTRLN; 6 FT TREE 197 FT FM RWY END 96 FT LEFT OF CNTRLN; 2 FT FENCE 196 FT FM RWY END 109 FT LEFT OF CNTRLN.
17 ft. trees, 202 ft. from runway, 11 ft. left of centerline
11 FT TREE 189 FT FM RWY END 71 FT RIGHT OF CNTRLN, 0:1 OBST CLNC; 22 FT TREE 198 FT FM RWY END 125 FT RIGHT OF CNTRLN; 16 FT TREE 191 FT FM RWY END 74 FT LEFT OF CNTRLN.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: LAMAR COUNTY COMSN
PO BOX 338
VERNON, AL 35592
Phone 205-695-9119
Manager: GLENN CRAWFORD
CITY HALL
VERNON, AL 35592
Phone 205-695-7718

Additional Remarks

FOR CD CTC MEMPHIS ARTCC AT 901-368-8453/8449.
ALL ARPT LGT OTS.

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 from 14 May 2026 at 0901Z to 11 June 2026 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 17   download (195KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35   download (205KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (189KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

M95 - Richard Arthur Field Airport (17 nm SE)
KHAB - Marion County-Rankin Fite Airport (17 nm N)
M40 - Monroe County Airport (19 nm W)
KCBM - Columbus Air Force Base (20 nm SW)
KUBS - Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (26 nm SW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 21-May-2026
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2010:20
Sunrise05:4810:48
Sunset19:5000:50
Evening civil twilight20:1801:18

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  21-May-2026 11:29:38
Local (UTC-5)  21-May-2026 06:29:38
 
METAR
KM40 
19nm W 
211115Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR FEW007 BKN021 OVC030 21/21 A3003 RMK AO2
KCBM 
21nm SW 
211118Z AUTO M M M M M A2997 RMK AO2 RAE17 SLPNO ALSTG ESTMD RVRNO $
KGTR 
33nm SW 
211105Z 16004KT 10SM SCT015 OVC070 22/22 A3002 RMK AO2 $
TAF
KCBM 
21nm SW 
210900Z 2109/2215 10009KT 9999 VCSH BKN010 QNH2993INS TEMPO 2109/2113 9000 -RA BKN016 BECMG 2112/2113 18009KT 9999 VCSH BKN015 QNH2996INS TEMPO 2113/2116 8000 SHRA VCTS BKN010CB BECMG 2115/2116 20009KT 9999 NSW SCT015 BKN140 QNH2989INS BECMG 2119/2120 22009KT 9999 VCSH BKN030 QNH2984INS TEMPO 2120/2205 SHRA VCTS BKN030CB BECMG 2208/2209 15010G15KT 8000 SHRA VCTS BKN005CB QNH2984INS TEMPO 2209/2215 18015G25KT 4800 TSRA TX27/2121Z TN21/2203Z
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