AirNav: AL89 - Sommerset Strip Airport

AL89

Sommerset Strip Airport
Opelika, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 11 JUNE 2026

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
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ATLANTA CENTER
FSS:	ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-3PT at AUO (7 nm SW):

132.575 (334-501-0387)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
LGCr201/21.4		LAGRANGE VORTAC		115.60		01E
LSFr326/29.9		LAWSON VOR/DME		111.40		05W

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions:	2250 x 100 ft. / 686 x 30 m ONLY 1,600FT OF RWY LEN IS MKD
Surface:	turf
	RUNWAY 7	RUNWAY 25
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Displaced threshold:	250 ft.	300 ft.
Obstructions:	road, 300 ft. from runway	60 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	TOM ZUBER AL Phone 706-326-3564
Manager:	TOM ZUBER 514 COUNTY RD 174 OPELIKA, AL 36801 Phone 706-326-3564

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC ATLANTA APCH AT 678-364-6132, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC ATLANTA ARTCC AT 770-210-7692.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at AL89.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KAUO - Auburn University Regional Airport (7 nm SW)
7A3 - Lanett Regional Airport (9 nm NE)
06A - Moton Field Municipal Airport (22 nm SW)
KLGC - LaGrange-Callaway Airport (23 nm NE)
KCSG - Columbus Airport (25 nm SE)

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Area around AL89 (Sommerset Strip Airport)

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Aerial photo
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct Photo by J. B. Stokley Taken in the Summer of 2001 view of runway 07 Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Sommerset Strip Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 15-Jun-2026

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:06	10:06
Sunrise	05:34	10:34
Sunset	19:50	00:50
Evening civil twilight	20:18	01:18

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	15-Jun-2026 19:03:19
Local (UTC-5)	15-Jun-2026 14:03:19

METAR

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7nm S

151856Z AUTO 34009KT 10SM FEW035 SCT044 28/22 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02830217 $

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