# Fish River Seaplane Base (5AL)

**Fish River Seaplane Base** (FAA: 5AL) is a seaplane base in Fairhope, Alabama, United States. It has one runway, 4,395 ft (1,340 m) long, water.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5al

## At a glance

- FAA: 5AL
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Fairhope, Alabama, United States
- Elevation: 3 ft / 1 m
- Coordinates: 30.4500, -87.8078
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,395 ft / 1,340 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_River_Seaplane_Base (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4493834
- Weather station: KCQF
- Ident: 5AL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16W/34W | 4,395 ft / 1,340 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [BFM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbfm.md) Mobile Downtown Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [NPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knpa.md) Naval Air Station Pensacola Forrest Sherman Field · 30 mi / 48 km
- [MOB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmob.md) Mobile Regional Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [PNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpns.md) Pensacola International Airport · 37 mi / 60 km
- [KNDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kndz.md) Whiting Field Naval Air Station South Airport · 50 mi / 80 km
- [NSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knse.md) Whiting Field Naval Air Station - North · 50 mi / 81 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #92

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5al/data