# Fricks Field Airport (8AL3)

**Fricks Field Airport** (FAA: 8AL3) is a small airport in Boaz, Alabama, United States. It opened in Apr 2011. It has one runway, 1,300 ft (396 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/8al3

## At a glance

- FAA: 8AL3
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Boaz, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Apr 2011
- Elevation: 1,000 ft / 305 m
- Coordinates: 34.1418, -86.0886
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,300 ft / 396 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61671358
- Weather station: K8A0
- Ident: 8AL3

## Timeline

- Apr 2011: Fricks Field Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,300 ft / 396 m | 80 ft / 24 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,300 ft / 396 m | =28,704 of 29,858 | =14,591 in North America | =13,052 in US |
| Elevation | 1,000 ft / 305 m | =17,649 of 43,403 | =7,853 in North America | =6,285 in US |
| Age | Opened 2011 | =12,827 of 15,079 | =10,225 in North America | =10,089 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [KBFZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k8a0.md) Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik Field · 11 mi / 18 km
- [GAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgad.md) Northeast Alabama Regional Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [20A](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k20a.md) Robbins Field · 20 mi / 33 km
- [8A1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k8a1.md) Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field · 21 mi / 33 km
- [AL60](https://dromopedia.com/airports/al60.md) Dugger's Field · 22 mi / 36 km
- [7AL2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/7al2.md) Peterson Field · 23 mi / 37 km

## 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/8al3/data