Guntersville Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 8A1), also known as Joe Starnes Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Guntersville, a city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2]

Guntersville Municipal Airport Joe Starnes Field
NAIP aerial image, 2006
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 8A1
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Guntersville
Serves	Guntersville, Alabama
Elevation AMSL	615 ft / 187 m
Coordinates	34°23′58″N 086°16′13″W
Map
8A1 Location of airport in Alabama
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 07/25 5,005 1,263 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations 9,217 Based aircraft 39
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Airport covers an area of 55 acres (22 ha) at an elevation of 615 feet (187 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,005 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 13, 2009, the airport had 9,217 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 5% helicopter.[1]

References

External links

• Aerial image as of 7 March 1997 from USGS The National Map
• Airfield photos for 8A1 from Civil Air Patrol
• FAA Terminal Procedures for 8A1, effective June 16, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 8A1
  • AirNav airport information for 8A1
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 8A1