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AL89 Sommerset Strip Airport
Opelika, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008

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 07-Oct-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1711:17
Sunrise06:4111:41
Sunset18:1723:17
Evening civil twilight18:4123:41

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Oct-2008 01:25:01
Local (UTC-5)  07-Oct-2008 20:25:01
 
METAR
KAUO 
7nm S 
080055Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM FEW060 SCT075 OVC085 24/17 A3007 RMK AO1
TAF
KCSG 
24nm SE 
072330Z 080024 11007KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 BKN070 FM0600 10010KT 6SM -SHRA BR SCT015 OVC030 FM0900 10010KT 4SM SHRA BR SCT007 OVC015 PROB30 1218 2SM TSRA BKN007CB OVC012 FM1800 15012KT 5SM -SHRA BR OVC015 PROB30 1821 2SM TSRA BKN012CB OVC040

 
 

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 4.1 139-140
COMFORT INN OPELIKA 5.2 81-220
TRAVELODGE OPELIKA 5.2 39-140
KNIGHTS INN OPELIKA AL 5.2 111-112
QUALITY INN OPELIKA 5.3 68-76
SUPER 8 MOTEL OPELIKA 5.3 126-180
DAYS INN OPELIKA 5.3 59-66
ECONO LODGE OPELIKA 5.4 110-111

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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