AdobeStock 251275943 Huntsville rs
AdobeStock 251275943 Huntsville rs

For those who can fly your self to the Huntsville space, you may have no less than a trio of selections, providing every thing from a busy worldwide airport (KHSV) to a business-aviation-focused subject (KMDQ) to one of many best turf strips within the decrease 48 states (3M5).


Huntsville Worldwide Airport/Carl T Jones Area (KHSV)

Huntsville Worldwide Airport/Carl T Jones Area is positioned 9 miles southwest of town of Huntsville. The busy towered airport has parallel runways: 18R/36L, measuring 12,600 ft by 150 ft, and Runway 18L/36R, measuring 10,001 ft by 150 ft.

The airport provides 100LL and jet-A gasoline, and there are a number of instrument approaches to the power. One notice for pilots: This airport doesn’t enable “line up and wait” operations—previously often called “place and maintain.”


Huntsville Government Airport/Tom Sharp Jr. Area (KMDQ)

Huntsville Government Airport/ Tom Sharp Jr Area is a nontowered airport positioned 1 mile northeast of town of Huntsville.

The airport has one runway, 18/36, measuring 6,500 ft by 100 ft. The airport has ILS, RNAV, and VOR approaches. A notice for pilots flying in on an IFR flight plan or training approaches: When taking pictures the ILS/LOC to Runway 18, be aware of 32-foot bushes positioned 1,019 ft from the runway, barely to the left of the prolonged centerline.

The airport provides each 100LL and jet-A. Because the airport title implies, the airport is standard with the transient enterprise crowd, so should you go, you might get to share a ramp with cool enterprise plane.


Moontown Airport (3M5)

Moontown Airport is positioned 7 miles east of town of Huntsville, although it feels a lot additional out of city.

This nontowered airport is price a go to, if for no different motive than to enter the cool title into your logbook. You can too add somewhat aptitude to the flight by navigating there with assist from the Rocket VOR. The airport has a repute for being one of many best grass runways within the U.S., and generally it hosts pilot occasions. When the climate is sweet, pilots flock there, so be prepared to speak on the unicom frequency of 122.7.

The airport incorporates a 2,180-foot-by-160-foot turf runway aligned 9/27, so make sure that your brief/soft-field expertise are as much as par. Notice: There are bushes on the method from each instructions. There aren’t any instrument approaches, however 100LL is on the market.

This text was first printed within the 2022 Southeast Journey Information of FLYING Journal.