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📍 Aliceville⬆ 150 ft1 runways

KAIV · AIV

George Downer Airport

33.10650°N

-88.19780°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 62.5%

DEP / DAY

▲ 100.0%

George Downer Airport (KAIV/AIV) is a small general aviation airport located in Aliceville, AL, 37 mi west of Tuscaloosa. It features 1 runway measuring 5,001 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KGTR, 33 mi away (KAIV does not publish METAR)

52m ago

Temp

88°F

Wind

5 kts

30°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KGTR 232356Z 03005KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 T03110222 10356 20311 56004 $

Runways

1 installed

5,001 FT MAX

06/24

5,001 ft × 80

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

96% of ops

22 land · 1 TO

4% of ops

1 land · 0 TO

Runway 06 carries 96% of operations (22 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 4%.

Approach quality

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

06 22 landings

UA 0%

24 1 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 06 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 22 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

1.0

flights/day · 30 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 2pm · 6pm

Day vs night

87%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (1.1 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

9 · 30%

3 · 10%

2 · 7%

Activity is led by (30% of 30 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
APCH	135.600	—
APCH	323.275	—
UNICOM	122.800	—
COLUMBUS	127.100	—
OTHER	127.100	—
COLUMBUS	269.400	—
OTHER	269.400	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZME
Elevation:: 150 ft
Mag var:: 2° W
Fuel:: 100LL

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