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°WCoordinates: 31°27′07″N 088°11′40″W / 31.45194°N 88.19444°W
Map
5R1 Location of airport in Alabama
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 3,694 Based aircraft 7
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

1. "Town of Chatom". Retrieved July 20, 2013.
2. FAA Airport Master Record for 5R1 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.

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