MSL

Northwest Alabama Regional Airport

ICAO KMSL34.7451°N 87.6130°W551 ft / 168 mMedium airport
On the map
Northwest Alabama Regional Airport
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Services Agency · Public domain · Commons

Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (IATA: MSL, ICAO: KMSL) is a medium airport in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,694 ft (2,040 m). In 2025 it handled 18 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
APR 1940
OpenedNorthwest Alabama Regional Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
12/30114° / 294° · LIT
LENGTH6,694 ft2,040 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
18/36181° / 001° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 ft1,219 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2017–2025
13K
12K
13K
7K
13K
14K
12K
15K
18K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MSL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Northwest Alabama Regional Airport” (revision of 20 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers18K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,478of 3,974 · #584 North America · #402 USLongest runway6,694 ft2,040 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,744of 29,823 · #933 North America · #713 USElevation551 ft168 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#26,194of 43,341 · #12,564 North America · #10,489 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
ASOSASOS119.425
CNTRMEMPHIS CNTR120.800
RDOANNISTON RDO122.200
UNICCTAF/UNICOM123.050