Dauphin Island Airport

Dauphin Island Airport

NAIP aerial image, 23 June 2006
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 4R9
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Mobile County
Serves Dauphin Island, Alabama
Elevation AMSL 5 ft / 2 m
Coordinates 30°15′38″N 088°07′39″W / 30.26056°N 88.12750°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 3,000 914 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 3,650

Dauphin Island Airport (FAA LID: 4R9) is a county-owned public-use airport in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is just northwest of the central business district of Dauphin Island,[1] a town located on a barrier island. The airport is on Mobile Bay, west of the Aloe Bay Channel.[2]

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015[3] and 2009–2013,[4] both of which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Dauphin Island Airport covers an area of 22 acres (9 ha) at an elevation of 5 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 80 feet (914 x 24 m). For the 12-month period ending May 18, 2010, the airport had 3,650 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for 4R9 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "About the Island: Dauphin Island Airport". Dauphin Island Property. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "2009–2013 NPIAS Report, Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB)" (PDF). 2009–2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 15 October 2008.

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