KSCD Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport
Sylacauga, AL · 3 miles W of SYLACAUGA, AL
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KSCD
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 568.9 ft
- Coordinates
- 33-10-18.6000N 086-18-19.9000W
- Lat / Long
- 33.1718333, -86.3055278
- Mag. variation
- 03W (2005)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 08/1962
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- MON-FRI 0800-1600
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT REIL RWY 09 & 27; PAPI RWY 09 & 27: MIRL RWY 09/27 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KSCD
Runways
Longest 5390 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5390 x 100 ft. / 1643 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity Runway edge markings
- Weight bearing
- PCN 24 /F/C/Y/T
Runway 9
- Heading
- 094 magnetic, 091 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in poor condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 568.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- 125 ft. tree, 2141 ft. from runway, 182 ft. left of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear
Runway 27
- Heading
- 274 magnetic, 271 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in poor condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 547.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
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
- 122.8
- Wx Awos-3pt
- 119.125 (256-249-2620)
- Birmingham Approach
- 123.8
- Birmingham Departure
- 123.8
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A+ 100LL:FUEL AVBL 24/7 WITH CC.
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A+ 100LL:FUEL AVBL 24/7 WITH CC.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Owner
- CITY OF SYLACAUGA PO BOX 390 SYLACAUGA, AL 35150 Phone 256-401-2400
- Manager
- WADE PRUITT 195 AIRPORT RD. SYLACAUGA, AL 35151 Phone 256-245-3246
- Manager phone
- 256-245-3246
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.