# Lamar County Airport (M55)

**Lamar County Airport** (FAA: M55) is a small airport in Vernon, Alabama, United States. It opened in Aug 1965. It has one runway, 3,613 ft (1,101 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/km55

## At a glance

- FAA: M55
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Vernon, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Aug 1965
- Elevation: 463 ft / 141 m
- Coordinates: 33.8467, -88.1155
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,613 ft / 1,101 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_County_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6480850
- Weather station: KM40
- Ident: KM55

## Timeline

- Aug 1965: Lamar County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,613 ft / 1,101 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,613 ft / 1,101 m | =11,768 of 29,858 | =4,734 in North America | =3,967 in US |
| Elevation | 463 ft / 141 m | =27,790 of 43,403 | =13,203 in North America | =11,057 in US |
| Age | Opened 1965 | =5,474 of 15,079 | =3,849 in North America | =3,767 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 | COLUMBUS APP/DEP | 120.400 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [US-5500](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5500.md) Evans Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [AL54](https://dromopedia.com/airports/al54.md) Bird Nest Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [M95](https://dromopedia.com/airports/km95.md) Richard Arthur Field · 20 mi / 32 km
- [HAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khab.md) Marion County Rankin Fite Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [MS63](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ms63.md) Rye Field · 21 mi / 33 km
- [M40](https://dromopedia.com/airports/km40.md) Monroe County Airport · 22 mi / 35 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/km55/data