# Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field (8A1)

**Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field** (FAA: 8A1) is a small airport in Guntersville, Alabama, United States. It opened in Nov 1951. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,500 ft (1,676 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k8a1

## At a glance

- FAA: 8A1
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Guntersville, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Nov 1951
- Elevation: 615 ft / 187 m
- Coordinates: 34.4030, -86.2636
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,500 ft / 1,676 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntersville_Municipal_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5619447
- Weather station: K8A1
- Ident: K8A1

## Timeline

- Nov 1951: Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06W/24W | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Water | 065° / 245° |  |
| 07/25 | 5,005 ft / 1,526 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 065° / 245° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | =5,417 of 29,858 | =1,676 in North America | =1,334 in US |
| Elevation | 615 ft / 187 m | =25,087 of 43,403 | =12,076 in North America | =10,056 in US |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =2,596 in North America | =2,536 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | HUNTSVILLE APP/DEP | 125.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #98

## 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/k8a1/data