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Moontown Airport
NAIP aerial image, 15 June 2006
  • ICAO: none
  • FAA LID: 3M5
    • Summary
    Airport typePublic
    Owner/Operator3M5 Airport, Inc
    LocationBrownsboro, Alabama
    Elevation AMSL650 ft / 198 m
    Coordinates34°44′50″N 086°27′41″W / 34.74722°N 86.46139°W / 34.74722; -86.46139
    Website[1]
    Runways
    Direction Length Surface
    ft m
    9/27 2,180 664 Turf
    Statistics (2009)
    Aircraft operations15,784
    Based aircraft96

    Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

    Moontown Airport (FAA LID: 3M5) is a privately owned public-use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) east of the central business districtofHuntsville, a city in Madison County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is 16 miles (26 km) east of Huntsville International Airport (HSV).

    Facilities and aircraft[edit]

    Moontown Airport covers an area of 17 acres (6.9 ha) at an elevation of 650 feet (198 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with a turf surface measuring 2,180 by 160 feet (664 x 49 m).[1]

    For the 12-month period ending April 22, 2009, the airport had 15,784 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 43 per day. At that time there were 96 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 10% glider and 1% ultralight.[1]

    Moontown Airport is the home base for the Huntsville Chapter of the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) and the Huntsville Soaring Club.

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 3M5 PDF, effective 2009-07-02.

    External links[edit]


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