KALX Thomas C Russell Field Airport
Alexander City, AL · 2 miles SW of ALEXANDER CITY, AL
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KALX
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 685.8 ft
- Coordinates
- 32-54-53.1000N 085-57-46.6000W
- Lat / Long
- 32.91475, -85.9629444
- Mag. variation
- 04W (2015)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- ALX (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- MON-FRI 0800-1700
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT REIL RWY 36; MIRL RWY 18/36 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KALX
Runways
Longest 5422 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5422 x 96 ft. / 1653 x 29 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 30.0
Runway 18
- Heading
- 182 magnetic, 178 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 623 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 685.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- 129 ft. tree, 2006 ft. from runway, 572 ft. right of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear
Runway 36
- Heading
- 002 magnetic, 358 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- PAPI UNUSBL BYD 5 DEG LEFT AND 6 DEG RIGHT OF CNTRLN.
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 611.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- APCH RATIO 15:1 FM DSPLCD THR.
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
- 122.7
- Wx Awos-3pt
- 118.325 (256-329-1820)
- Montgomery Approach
- 121.2
- Montgomery Departure
- 121.2
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:24 HR CREDIT CARD SVC BOTH JET-A AND AVGAS.
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:24 HR CREDIT CARD SVC BOTH JET-A AND AVGAS.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- NONE
- Powerplant service
- NONE
- 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.