# St Elmo Airport (2R5)

**St Elmo Airport** (FAA: 2R5) is a small airport in St Elmo, Alabama, United States. It opened in Mar 1945. It has one runway, 3,998 ft (1,219 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k2r5

## At a glance

- FAA: 2R5
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: St Elmo, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Mar 1945
- Elevation: 132 ft / 40 m
- Coordinates: 30.5019, -88.2751
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,998 ft / 1,219 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7587873
- Weather station: KMOB · WMO 72223
- Ident: K2R5

## Timeline

- Mar 1945: St Elmo Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 3,998 ft / 1,219 m | 80 ft / 24 m | Asphalt | 059° / 239° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,998 ft / 1,219 m | =9,976 of 29,858 | =4,143 in North America | =3,477 in US |
| Elevation | 132 ft / 40 m | #35,782 of 43,403 | #16,248 in North America | #13,632 in US |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =1,492 in North America | =1,440 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | MOBILE APP/DEP | 118.500 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

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## 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/k2r5/data