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Thomas C Russell Field

32.91470°N
-85.96300°W
ARR / DAY
11
▲ 68.9%
DEP / DAY
17
▲ 79.1%

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 5,425 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 11 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KALX 240055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 14/11 A3024 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,425 FT MAX
18/36
5,425 ft × 96
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

36
51% of ops
136 land · 182 TO
18
49% of ops
129 land · 109 TO
Runway 36 carries 51% of operations (136 landings, 182 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

36 136 landings
UA 5%
18 129 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 36 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 136 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
19.1
flights/day · 572 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 8pm · 4pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 19.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (11.0 vs 23.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 469 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 121.200 —
APCH 269.050 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
AWOS 118.325 —
OTHER 120.450 —
COLUMBUS 120.450 —
OTHER 298.850 —
COLUMBUS 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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