# George Downer Airport (AIV / KAIV)

**George Downer Airport** (IATA: AIV, ICAO: KAIV) is a small airport in Aliceville, Alabama, United States. It opened in Oct 1961. It has one runway, 5,001 ft (1,524 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AIV / KAIV
- FAA: AIV
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Aliceville, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Oct 1961
- Elevation: 150 ft / 46 m
- Coordinates: 33.1065, -88.1978
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,001 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Downer_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274732
- Weather station: KAIV
- Ident: KAIV

## Timeline

- Oct 1961: George Downer Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 5,001 ft / 1,524 m | 80 ft / 24 m | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,001 ft / 1,524 m | =6,505 of 29,858 | =2,345 in North America | =1,936 in US |
| Elevation | 150 ft / 46 m | =35,273 of 43,403 | =16,034 in North America | =13,464 in US |
| Age | Opened 1961 | =4,721 of 15,079 | =3,230 in North America | =3,154 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/kaiv/data