Albertville Regional Airport , also known as Thomas J. Brumlik Field, is a city-owned, public-use airport

Airport

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 located three nautical miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Albertville

Albertville, Alabama

Albertville is a city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 21,160.- History :...

, in Marshall County

Marshall County, Alabama

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, Alabama

Alabama

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, United States

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. It was formerly known as Albertville Municipal Airport.

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

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 for 2011–2015 and 2009–2013, both of which categorized

FAA airport categories

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 it as a general aviation

General aviation

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facility.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 77 acre

Acre

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s (31 ha

Hectare

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) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,032 feet (315 m) above mean sea level. It contains a single asphalt

Asphalt

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 runway, 5/23, measuring 6,114 by 100 feet (1,864 by 30 m). Its markings are meant for non-precision flying.

For the 12-month period ending July 19, 2007, the airport had 25,400 aircraft operations, an average of 69 per day: 22% local general aviation

General aviation

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 and 78% itinerant

Itinerant

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 general aviation. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 72% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 17% multi-engine, 6% jet

Jet aircraft

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 and 6% helicopter

Helicopter

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.

External links

• Airfield photos for 8A0 from Civil Air Patrol
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