Roy Wilcox Airport

Roy Wilcox Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 5R1
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Town of Chatom [1]
Serves	Chatom, Alabama
Elevation AMSL	165 ft / 50 m
Coordinates	31°27′07″N 088°11′40″W / 31.45194°N 88.19444°W / 31.45194; -88.19444Coordinates: 31°27′07″N 088°11′40″W / 31.45194°N 88.19444°W / 31.45194; -88.19444
Map
5R1 Location of airport in Alabama
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 4,002 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations (2016) 3,694 Based aircraft 6
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]

Roy Wilcox Airport (FAA LID: 5R1) is a public use airport in Washington County, Alabama, United States.^[2] The airport is owned by the town^[1] of Chatom and located three nautical miles (6 km) east of its central business district.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Roy Wilcox Airport covers an area of 40 acres (16 ha) at an elevation of 165 feet (50 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 80 feet (1,219 x 24 m).^[2]

For the 12-month period ending July 11, 2012, the airport had 3,694 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine and 14% multi-engine.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Aerial image as of January 1998 from USGS The National Map
• Airfield photos from U.S. Civil Air Patrol at the Wayback Machine (archived September 26, 2006)
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 5R1
  • AirNav airport information for 5R1
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 5R1

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