79J South Alabama Regional Airport at Bill Benton Field
Andalusia, AL · 4 miles E of ANDALUSIA, AL
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 310.2 ft
- Coordinates
- 31-18-30.1000N 086-23-32.0000W
- Lat / Long
- 31.3083611, -86.3922222
- Mag. variation
- 02W (2005)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- JACKSONVILLE CENTER
- FSS
- ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- 79J (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- SAT-SUN 0730-1630, ALL MON - FRI 0630-0000 AFT HRS SVC CALL 334-222-0638/334-427-0733
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT PAPI RWY 11 & 29; MIRL RWY 11/29 - CTAF.
Airport diagram
Range from 79J
Runways
Longest 6000 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6000 x 100 ft. / 1829 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity Runway edge markings
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 98.0
Runway 11
- Heading
- 109 magnetic, 107 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 309.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- 102 ft. tree, 2795 ft. from runway, 100 ft. right of centerline, 25:1 slope to clear
Runway 29
- Heading
- 289 magnetic, 287 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 299.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- 54 ft. tree, 1535 ft. from runway, 176 ft. left of centerline, 24:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 123.05
- Wx Asos
- 134.875 (334-640-6689)
- Cairns Approach
- 133.45
- Cairns Departure
- 133.45
Services
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A+ 100LL:100LL SELF SERVE AVBL 24 HRS. A+:MILITARY CONTRACT FUEL AVBL MON-FRI 0700-2400, OTHER TIMES CALL (334) 222-0638
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.