79J

South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport

FAA 79J31.3088°N 86.3938°W310 ft / 95 mMedium airport
On the map
South Alabama Regional Airport
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South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport (FAA: 79J) is a medium airport in Andalusia/Opp, Alabama, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 6,000 ft (1,829 m) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
APR 1940
OpenedSouth Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
11/29107° / 287° · LIT
LENGTH6,000 ft1,829 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway6,000 ft1,829 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,612of 29,823 · =1,310 North America · =1,036 USElevation310 ft95 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,031of 43,341 · =14,361 North America · =12,087 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
A/DCAIRNS APP/DEP133.450
ASOSASOS134.875
CTAFCTAF119.550
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR119.550
UNICUNICOM122.800