# Shoals Creek Seaplane Base (AL46)

**Shoals Creek Seaplane Base** (FAA: AL46) is a seaplane base in Florence, Alabama, United States. It opened in Oct 1984. It has 3 runways; the longest is 11,000 ft (3,353 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/al46

## At a glance

- FAA: AL46
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Florence, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Oct 1984
- Elevation: 510 ft / 155 m
- Coordinates: 34.9026, -87.5872
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 11,000 ft / 3,353 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61671405
- Weather station: KMSL
- Ident: AL46

## Timeline

- Oct 1984: Shoals Creek Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17W/35W | 11,000 ft / 3,353 m | 1,100 ft / 335 m | Water |  |  |
| 08W/26W | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | 1,000 ft / 305 m | Water |  |  |
| 02W/20W | 6,200 ft / 1,890 m | 1,200 ft / 366 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [MSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsl.md) Northwest Alabama Regional Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [HSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khsv.md) Huntsville International Airport · 50 mi / 80 km
- [HUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khua.md) Redstone Army Air Field · 53 mi / 86 km
- [TUP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktup.md) Tupelo Regional Airport · 80 mi / 129 km
- [MKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmkl.md) McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport · 89 mi / 143 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/al46/data