Northwest Alabama Regional Airport

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Coordinates: 34°44′43″N 087°36′37″W / 34.74528, -87.61028

Northwest Alabama Regional Airport
IATA: MSL – ICAO: KMSL – FAA: MSL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Colbert & Lauderdale Counties
Location		Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Elevation AMSL		550 ft / 168 m
Website		www.FlyTheShoals.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
11/29	6,693	2,040	Asphalt
18/36	4,000	1,219	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			44,860
Based aircraft			74
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (IATA: MSL, ICAO: KMSL, FAA LID: MSL) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) east of the central business district of Muscle Shoals, a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States.^[1] The airport is operated by the counties of Colbert and Lauderdale. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,166 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 6,157 enplanements in 2005.^[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Northwest Alabama Regional is classified as commercial service - non-primary because it has between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per year.^[3]

Contents 1 Facilities and aircraft 2 Airline and destinations 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Northwest Alabama Regional Airport covers an area of 615 acres (249 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 11/29 measuring 6,693 x 150 ft (2,040 x 46 m) and 18/36 measuring 4,000 x 100 ft (1,219 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2006, the airport had 44,860 aircraft operations, an average of 122 per day: 94% general aviation, 3% military, 2% scheduled commercial and 1% air taxi. There are 74 aircraft based at this airport: 58% single engine, 20% multi-engine, 8% jet aircraft and 14% helicopters.^[1]

[edit] Airline and destinations

• Northwest Airlines
  • Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Memphis, Tupelo)

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for MSL (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. ^ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005
3. ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011

[edit] See also

• List of airports in Alabama

[edit] External links

• Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (official site)
• Northwest Alabama Regional Airport at WikiMapia
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KMSL
  • ASN accident history for MSL
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KMSL

• Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 7856) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • Order 2006-11-12: Reselects Mesaba Aviation (d/b/a Northwest Airlink) to provide essential air service
  • Order 2006-8-10: Request for proposals to provide essential air service
  • Order 2006-3-16: Approves alternate service pattern requested by Mesaba Aviation (d/b/a Northwest Airlink)
  • Order 2005-2-11: Reselects Mesaba Aviation (Northwest Airlink), to provide subsidized essential air service