St. Clair County Airport

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St. Clair County Airport

NAIP aerial image, 2006

IATA: PLR
ICAO: KPLR
FAA LID: PLR

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

St. Clair County Airport Authority

Serves

Pell City, Alabama

Elevation AMSL

485 ft / 148 m

Coordinates

33°33′32″N 086°14′57″W / 33.55889°N 86.24917°W

Website

www.PLRairport.com

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	5,001	1,524	Asphalt

Statistics (2009)

Aircraft operations	34,572
Based aircraft	81

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

St. Clair County Airport (IATA: PLR, ICAO: KPLR, FAA LID: PLR) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Pell City, in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. It is owned by the St. Clair County Airport Authority.^[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a reliever airport^[2] for the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.^[1]

Facilities and aircraft

St. Clair County Airport covers an area of 200 acres (81 ha) at an elevation of 485 feet (148 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 80 feet (1,524 x 24 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 22, 2009, the airport had 34,572 aircraft operations, an average of 94 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. At that time there were 81 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 1% helicopter and 1% ultralight.^[1]

Sammie's Touch-n-Go restaurant is located on the north end of the airport.

Holder Aviation, an avionics repair and installation company, is based at the airport.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e FAA Airport Form 5010 for PLR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.

External links

Saint Clair County Airport
Aerial image as of 6 March 1997 from USGS The National Map
Airfield photos for PLR from Civil Air Patrol
FAA Terminal Procedures for PLR, effective November 28, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PLR
- AirNav airport information for PLR
- ASN accident history for PLR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for PLR

v t e Airports in Alabama
Primary	Birmingham–Shuttlesworth Dothan Regional Huntsville Intl Mobile Intl Mobile Regional Montgomery Regional–Dannelly
Non-primary	Northwest Alabama Tuscaloosa
Reliever	Bessemer St. Clair County
General	Abbeville Albertville–Brumlik Anniston Arthur Ashland–Lineville Atmore Auburn University–Pitts Bay Minette Bibb County Blackwell Brewton Butler–Choctaw County Callahan Camden Centre Municipal Centre–Piedmont–Cherokee County Chilton County–Gragg/Wade Clayton Courtland Cullman–Folsom Dauphin Island Demopolis–Sawyer Downer Gulf Shores-Jack Edwards Enterprise Florala Foley Folsom Franklin Geneva Greensboro Grove Hill Guntersville–Starnes Hartselle–Morgan County Headland Huntsville Executive Isbell Jackson Lanett Mac Crenshaw Marion County–Fite Middleton Monroe County Moton Field North Pickens Northeast Alabama Posey Prattville–Grouby Pryor Field Roanoke Robbins Russell Russellville–Pugh St. Elmo Scottsboro–Word Shelby County South Alabama–Benton Sylacauga Talladega Vaiden Walker–Bevill Weedon Wetumpka
Public use	Addison Ardmore Double Springs–Winston County Eutaw Fish River Fort Deposit–Lowndes County Hazel Green Hubbard Landing Jones Lamar County Logan–Samson McMinn Moontown Moundville Pine Hill Ray Reeves Reynolds–North Mobile County Sikes Skyharbor Stevenson Wilcox
Private use	Sharpe
Military	NOLF Barin Birmingham ANGB Fort Novosel Cairns AAF Hanchey AHP Lowe AHP Maxwell–Gunter AFB Gunter Annex CGATC Mobile Montgomery ANGB Redstone Arsenal Redstone AAF St. Elmo AAF NOLF Summerdale
Defunct	Anniston AFB Bates AAF Birmingham AAB/AAF Brookley AFB (Brookely AAF) Brundidge Courtland AAF Craig AFB Anniston AFB Craig AAF Selfield AAF Danelly (Gunter AAF #6) Decatur Field Demopolis AAF Dothan Municipal (Napier AAF #2) Fort McClellan AAF Henderson Moton Field (old) Napier AAF Selma–Selfield Tallassee–Reeves (Griel AAF #1) Taylor (Gunter AAF #5) Troy AAF Tuskegee AAF Van De Graaff

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