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KAIV George Downer Airport
Aliceville, Alabama, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: AIV
Lat/Long: 33-06-23.2750N / 088-11-52.0500W
33-06.387917N / 088-11.867500W
33.1064653 / -88.1977917
(estimated)
Elevation: 150 ft. / 45.7 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01E (1985)
From city: 2 miles SW of ALICEVILLE, AL
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 35442

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1961
Sectional chart: MEMPHIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
ARPT CLSD NIGHTS INDEFLY.
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Taxiway lights: TWY LGTS FOR TWY TURNOFF ONLY.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
IGBr141/27.7BIGBEE VORTAC116.2004E
CBMr159/34.3CALEDONIA VORTAC115.2000E
LDKr252/34.4CRIMSON VORTAC117.8003E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ALICEVILLEat field254AIV .- .. ...-
BRYAN119/38.128102ESTF ... - ..-.

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

Dimensions: 4970 x 80 ft. / 1515 x 24 m
Surface: asphalt, in poor condition
CRACKED WITH VEGETATION, LOOSE AGGREGATE.
Runway edge lights: low intensity
Runway edge markings: RY MARKINGS FADED.
RY MARKINGS FADED.
RUNWAY 6  RUNWAY 24
Latitude: 33-06.193333N33-06.582500N
Longitude: 088-12.296000W088-11.439000W
Elevation: 142.1 ft.149.5 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: 193 ft.613 ft.
Markings: basic, in poor conditionbasic, in poor condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 16 ft. trees, 223 ft. from runway, 61 ft. left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear
OBSTN CLNC SLOPE 26:1 FM DSPL THLD.
+13 FT TREES 41 FT FM THLD PERPENDICULAR TO RY END.
43 ft. trees, 307 ft. from runway, 91 ft. right of centerline, 2:1 slope to clear
OBSTN CLNC SLOPE 21:1 FM DISP THLD.
+4' FENCE 122' FM & PARALLEL TO THR; +15' ROAD 174' FM THR 125'R, +15' TREES 120' FM THR 115' R&L 40'-120'L.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF ALICEVILLE
215 FIRST ST NE
ALICEVILLE, AL 35442
Phone 205-373-6611
Manager: CITY OF ALICEVILLE
215 FIRST ST NE
ALICEVILLE, AL 35442
Phone 205-373-6611

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 103/week *
100% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 26 July 2006

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at KAIV.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

3M8 - North Pickens Airport (19 nm NE)
KUBS - Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (23 nm NW)
KGTR - Golden Triangle Regional Airport (29 nm NW)
KTCL - Tuscaloosa Regional Airport (30 nm E)
M51 - Oktibbeha Airport (34 nm NW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 24-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:3510:35
Sunrise06:0211:02
Sunset19:5600:56
Evening civil twilight20:2401:24

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  24-Jul-2008 11:44:30
Local (UTC-5)  24-Jul-2008 06:44:30
 
METAR
KGTR 
28nm NW 
241050Z 00000KT 5SM BR SKC 22/22 A3003
KTCL 
30nm E 
241053Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM FEW014 22/21 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02220206 TSNO
KCBM 
34nm N 
241055Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02170212 $
KNMM 
39nm SW 
241059Z 00000KT 3SM BR OVC002 22/21 A3004 RMK AO2
TAF
KGTR 
28nm NW 
240521Z 240606 00000KT P6SM VCSH SCT050 BKN100 FM0800 00000KT 6SM BR FEW050 FM1000 00000KT 4SM BR SCT003 TEMPO 1013 1SM BR BKN003 FM1400 17004KT P6SM FEW050 FM1900 19007KT P6SM BKN050 FM0000 VRB03KT P6SM FEW050
KTCL 
30nm E 
240813Z 240806 00000KT 6SM BR SCT003 TEMPO 0812 3SM BR BKN002 FM1500 27004KT P6SM SCT050 FM0000 00000KT P6SM SKC
KCBM 
34nm N 
240808 VRB05KT 9000 BR FEW050 QNH3000INS TEMPO 1013 6000 BR OVC010 BECMG 1516 VRB05KT 9999 NSW SCT050 SCT250 QNH3000INS BECMG 1819 32008KT 9999 VCTS BKN050CB QNH2998INS BECMG 0001 VRB05KT 9999 NSW FEW050 SCT250 QNH3002INS T34/21Z T20/10Z
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