Guntersville Municipal Airport

Guntersville Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 8A1), also known as Joe Starnes Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Guntersville, a city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2]

Guntersville Municipal Airport

Joe Starnes Field
NAIP aerial image, 2006
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Guntersville
ServesGuntersville, Alabama
Elevation AMSL615 ft / 187 m
Coordinates34°23′58″N 086°16′13″W
Map
8A1
Location of airport in Alabama
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 5,005 1,263 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations9,217
Based aircraft39

Facilities and aircraft

Airport covers an area of 55 acres (22 ha) at an elevation of 615 feet (187 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,005 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 13, 2009, the airport had 9,217 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 5% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for 8A1 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
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