# Thomas C Russell Field (ALX / KALX)

**Thomas C Russell Field** (IATA: ALX, ICAO: KALX) is a small airport in Alexander City, Alabama, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 5,422 ft (1,653 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ALX / KALX
- FAA: ALX
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Alexander City, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 686 ft / 209 m
- Coordinates: 32.9147, -85.9630
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,422 ft / 1,653 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.alexandercityonline.com/airport.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_C._Russell_Field (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7788167
- Weather station: KALX
- Ident: KALX

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Thomas C Russell Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 5,422 ft / 1,653 m | 96 ft / 29 m | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | yes |

- 18/36 slopes 1.4%: threshold 36 at 612 ft / 187 m, threshold 18 at 686 ft / 209 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,422 ft / 1,653 m | #5,570 of 29,858 | #1,798 in North America | #1,444 in US |
| Elevation | 686 ft / 209 m | =23,701 of 43,403 | =11,313 in North America | =9,374 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 | MONTGOMERY APP/DEP | 121.200 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.325 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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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/kalx/data