# Shields Airport (AL55)

**Shields Airport** (FAA: AL55) is a small airport in Elberta, Alabama, United States. It opened in Jan 1985. It has one runway, 2,175 ft (663 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/al55

## At a glance

- FAA: AL55
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Elberta, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Jan 1985
- Elevation: 95 ft / 29 m
- Coordinates: 30.4339, -87.4572
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,175 ft / 663 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35301639
- Weather station: KNPA
- Ident: AL55

## Timeline

- Jan 1985: Shields Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,175 ft / 663 m | 80 ft / 24 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,175 ft / 663 m | =23,380 of 29,858 | =11,132 in North America | =9,726 in US |
| Elevation | 95 ft / 29 m | =37,097 of 43,403 | =16,826 in North America | =14,052 in US |
| Age | Opened 1985 | =8,826 of 15,079 | =6,682 in North America | =6,572 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [AL88](https://dromopedia.com/airports/al88.md) Ban Farm Airport · 1.0 mi / 1.6 km
- [49AL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-11086.md) Pleasant View Farm Airport · 4.4 mi / 7.1 km
- [AL08](https://dromopedia.com/airports/al08.md) Perdido Winds Airpark · 4.7 mi / 7.6 km
- [7AL9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/7al9.md) Horak Airport · 5.5 mi / 8.9 km
- [AL69](https://dromopedia.com/airports/al69.md) Vaughn Private Airport · 5.9 mi / 9.5 km
- [US-4434](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-4434.md) Pace Lake Airport · 6.5 mi / 11 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/al55/data