Thomas C Russell Field satellite view
📍 Alexander City⬆ 686 ft1 runways
KALX · ALX

Thomas C Russell Field

32.91470°N
-85.96300°W
ARR / DAY
7
18.6%
DEP / DAY
10
7.6%

Thomas C Russell Field (KALX/ALX) is a small general aviation airport located in Alexander City, AL, 43 mi north east of Montgomery. It features 1 runway measuring 5,425 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
4 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KALX 190555Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM 25/23 A3001 RMK AO2 10318 20247

Runways

1 installed

5,425 FT MAX
18/36
5,425 ft × 96
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

36
53% of ops
200 land · 184 TO
18
47% of ops
178 land · 249 TO
Runway 36 carries 53% of operations (200 landings, 184 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 47%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

36 200 landings
UA 2%
18 178 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 36 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 200 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
18.6
flights/day · 559 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 18.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (14.9 vs 21.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (55% of 477 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 121.200
APCH 269.050
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 118.325
OTHER 120.450
COLUMBUS 120.450
OTHER 298.850
COLUMBUS 298.850
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 06:15 UTC