St. Elmo Airport
St. Elmo Airport St Elmo Army Auxiliary Airfield | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 30°30′07″N 088°16′30″W / 30.50194°N 88.27500°W | ||||||||||
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  2R5 Location of St. Elmo Airport  2R5 2R5 (the United States) | |||||||||||
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St. Elmo Airport (FAA LID: 2R5) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi, 3.7 km) west of the central business district of St. Elmo, in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
St. Elmo Airport covers an area of 733
mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,998 by 80 feet (1,219 x 24 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending May 18, 2010, the airport had 20,400
ultralight.[1]
World War II
During
Bates Army Airfield
in Mobile. The contract flying school operated between 1942 and 1944.
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
External links
- FAA Terminal Procedures for 2R5, effective June 13, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 2R5
- AirNav airport information for 2R5
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 2R5
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