Roy Wilcox Airport is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Chatom

Chatom, Alabama

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, a city in Washington County

Washington County, Alabama

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, Alabama

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, United States

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Roy Wilcox Airport covers an area of 40 acres (16.2 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 165 feet (50 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 12/30 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 4,000 by 80 feet (1,219 x 24 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 7, 2008, the airport had 3,694 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 14% multi-engine.

External links

• Airfield photos for 5R1 from Civil Air Patrol
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• Aerial image as of 31 January 1998 from USGS The National Map