📍 Alexander City⬆ 686 ft1 runways
KALX · ALX
Thomas C Russell Field
32.91470°N
-85.96300°W
ARR / DAY
8
▲
27.9%
DEP / DAY
12
▼
10.5%
Thomas C Russell Field (KALX/ALX) is a small general aviation airport located in Alexander City, AL, 43 mi north east of Montgomery. It features 1 runway measuring 5,422 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 12 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 2 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
70°F
Wind
1 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
18/36
5,422 ft × 96
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
36
72% of ops
129 land · 42 TO
18
28% of ops
51 land · 89 TO
Runway 36 carries 72% of operations (129 landings, 42 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 28%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
36
129 landings
UA 6%
18
51 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 36 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 129 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy — hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
14.2
flights/day · 427 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 8pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.700 | — |
| APCH | 121.200 | — |
| APCH | 269.050 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.700 | — |
| AWOS | 118.325 | — |
| COLUMBUS | 120.450 | — |
| OTHER | 120.450 | — |
| COLUMBUS | 298.850 | — |
| OTHER | 298.850 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZTL
- Mag var:
- 4° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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