# Marion County Rankin Fite Airport (HAB / KHAB)

**Marion County Rankin Fite Airport** (IATA: HAB, ICAO: KHAB) is a small airport in Hamilton, Alabama, United States. It opened in Jun 1956. It has one runway, 5,495 ft (1,675 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HAB / KHAB
- FAA: HAB
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Hamilton, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Jun 1956
- Elevation: 436 ft / 133 m
- Coordinates: 34.1176, -87.9982
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,495 ft / 1,675 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_County_%E2%80%93_Rankin_Fite_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649779
- Weather station: KHAB
- Ident: KHAB

## Timeline

- Jun 1956: Marion County Rankin Fite Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 5,495 ft / 1,675 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 182° / 002° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,495 ft / 1,675 m | =5,523 of 29,858 | =1,776 in North America | =1,426 in US |
| Elevation | 436 ft / 133 m | =28,326 of 43,403 | =13,419 in North America | =11,260 in US |
| Age | Opened 1956 | =4,178 of 15,079 | =2,858 in North America | =2,789 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | MEMPHIS CNTR | 127.100 |
| RDO | ANNISTON RDO | 122.300 |
| 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/khab/data