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KAIV · AIV

George Downer Airport

33.10650°N

-88.19780°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 85.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 80.0%

George Downer Airport (KAIV/AIV) is a small general aviation airport located in Aliceville, AL, 37 mi west of Tuscaloosa. It features 1 runway measuring 5,001 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KGTR, 33 mi away (KAIV does not publish METAR)

53m ago

Temp

83°F

Wind

7 kts

330°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KGTR 251856Z 33007KT 10SM SCT049 28/24 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE-SE TSB15E30 SLP184 T02830239 $

Runways

1 installed

5,001 FT MAX

06/24

5,001 ft × 80

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

51% of ops

40 land · 0 TO

49% of ops

38 land · 10 TO

Runway 24 carries 51% of operations (40 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 49%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

24 40 landings

UA 0%

06 38 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 40 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

1.5

flights/day · 46 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 7pm · 3pm

Day vs night

63%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (1.5 vs 1.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (24% of 46 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
APCH	135.600	—
APCH	323.275	—
UNICOM	122.800	—
COLUMBUS	127.100	—
OTHER	127.100	—
COLUMBUS	269.400	—
OTHER	269.400	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZME
Elevation:: 150 ft
Mag var:: 2° W
Fuel:: 100LL

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