# Bon Secour Seaplane Base (AL96)

**Bon Secour Seaplane Base** (FAA: AL96) is a seaplane base in Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States. It opened in Dec 2006. It has one runway, 3,000 ft (914 m) long, water.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/al96

## At a glance

- FAA: AL96
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Dec 2006
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 30.2983, -87.7408
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 ft / 914 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61671447
- Weather station: KJKA
- Ident: AL96

## Timeline

- Dec 2006: Bon Secour Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05W/23W | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 300 ft / 91 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [NPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knpa.md) Naval Air Station Pensacola Forrest Sherman Field · 25 mi / 41 km
- [BFM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbfm.md) Mobile Downtown Airport · 30 mi / 48 km
- [PNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpns.md) Pensacola International Airport · 35 mi / 57 km
- [MOB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmob.md) Mobile Regional Airport · 40 mi / 65 km
- [KNDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kndz.md) Whiting Field Naval Air Station South Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [NSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knse.md) Whiting Field Naval Air Station - North · 52 mi / 84 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/al96/data