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AL89 Sommerset Strip Airport
Opelika, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: AL89
Lat/Long: 32-43-07.4730N / 085-22-00.8050W
32-43.124550N / 085-22.013417W
32.7187425 / -85.3668903
(estimated)
Elevation: 820 ft. / 250 m (estimated)
Variation: 01W (1985)
From city: 5 miles N of OPELIKA, AL
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 36801

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 06/1991
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-3 at AUO (7 nm SW): 132.575 (334-821-4932)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
CSGr288/18.7COLUMBUS VORTAC117.1001E
TGEr045/20.8TUSKEGEE VOR/DME117.3002E
LGCr201/21.4LAGRANGE VORTAC115.6001E
LSFr323/29.9LAWSON VOR/DME111.4002W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
PINE MOUNTAIN256/26.027203WPIM .--. .. --
LAWSON328/30.933502WAWS .- .-- ...
ALEXANDER CITY109/31.538201WDER -.. . .-.

Airport Services

Fuel available: MOGAS

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions: 2250 x 100 ft. / 686 x 30 m
Surface: turf
RUNWAY 7  RUNWAY 25
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: 250 ft.300 ft.
Obstructions: road, 300 ft. from runway60 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: J. B. STOKLEY
P.O. BOX 430
OPELIKA, AL 36803
Phone 334-745-3532
Manager: J. B. STOKLEY
P.O. BOX 430
OPELIKA, AL 36803
Phone 334-745-3532

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 4
Single engine airplanes: 3
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at AL89.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KAUO - Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts Airport (7 nm SW)
7A3 - Lanett Municipal Airport (9 nm NE)
06A - Moton Field Municipal Airport (22 nm SW)
KLGC - LaGrange-Callaway Airport (23 nm NE)
KCSG - Columbus Metropolitan Airport (25 nm SE)
 
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Area around AL89 (Sommerset Strip Airport)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of AL89 (Sommerset Strip Airport)
Photo by J. B. Stokley
Taken in the Summer of 2001
view of runway 07

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From to AL89

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 05-Jul-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:1210:12
Sunrise05:4010:40
Sunset19:5200:52
Evening civil twilight20:2001:20

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Jul-2009 22:02:55
Local (UTC-5)  05-Jul-2009 17:02:55
 
METAR
KAUO 
7nm S 
052155Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2988 RMK AO1
TAF
KCSG 
24nm SE 
051853Z 0519/0618 24008KT P6SM SCT050 BKN100 TEMPO 0519/0523 VRB15G22KT 3SM TSRA BKN040CB FM060200 22004KT P6SM BKN050 OVC100 FM060900 23003KT 6SM HZ BKN015 OVC040 TEMPO 0610/0613 4SM BR OVC008 FM061400 25007KT P6SM SCT015 BKN035

 
 

Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Sommerset Strip Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Sommerset Strip Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Sommerset Strip Airport

Miles Price ($)
MARRIOTT AUBURN OPELIKA HOTEL 4.1 124-159
COMFORT INN OPELIKA 5.2 81-121
TRAVELODGE OPELIKA 5.2 38-55
KNIGHTS INN OPELIKA AL 5.2 45-50
QUALITY INN OPELIKA 5.3 68-76
SUPER 8 MOTEL OPELIKA 5.3 55-56
DAYS INN OPELIKA 5.3 64-135
ECONO LODGE OPELIKA 5.4 50-60

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Sommerset Strip Airport

11 in Opelika
8 in Auburn
 

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