# South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport (79J)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k79j

## At a glance

- FAA: 79J
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Andalusia/Opp, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 310 ft / 95 m
- Coordinates: 31.3088, -86.3938
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,000 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Alabama_Regional_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7565932
- Weather station: K79J
- Ident: K79J

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 107° / 287° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =1,036 in US |
| Elevation | 310 ft / 95 m | =31,076 of 43,403 | =14,368 in North America | =12,093 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 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 | CAIRNS APP/DEP | 133.450 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 134.875 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.550 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.550 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [CEW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcew.md) Bob Sikes Airport · 37 mi / 60 km
- [OZR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kozr.md) Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field · 40 mi / 65 km
- [TOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktoi.md) Troy Municipal Airport at N Kenneth Campbell Field · 44 mi / 71 km
- [EGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kegi.md) Duke Field · 46 mi / 74 km
- [NSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knse.md) Whiting Field Naval Air Station - North · 55 mi / 88 km
- [DHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdhn.md) Dothan Regional Airport · 56 mi / 90 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/k79j/data