Skyharbor Airport is a privately owned, public-use airport

Airport

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 in Dallas County

Dallas County, Alabama

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, Alabama

Alabama

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, United States

United States

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. Is it located five nautical mile

Nautical mile

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s (5.8 mi

Mile

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, 9.3 km

Kilometre

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) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Selma, Alabama

Selma, Alabama

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Skyharbor Airport covers an area of 70 acres (28.3 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 125 feet (38 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 6/24 with a turf

Grass

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 surface measuring 2,500 by 170 feet (762 x 52 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 19, 1996, the airport had an average of 129 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations per week. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 7% multi-engine.

External links

• Aerial photo as of 30 January 1998 from USGS The National Map