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Thomas C Russell Field

32.91470°N
-85.96300°W
ARR / DAY
7
36.8%
DEP / DAY
11
35.1%

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 5,422 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KALX 291415Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM 26/23 A3013 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND S

Runways

1 installed

5,422 FT MAX
18/36
5,422 ft × 96
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

18
54% of ops
118 land · 71 TO
36
46% of ops
99 land · 119 TO
Runway 18 carries 54% of operations (118 landings, 71 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

18 118 landings
UA 3%
36 99 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 18 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 118 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
15.5
flights/day · 466 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 5pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 15.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (14.1 vs 16.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (54% of 397 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 14:23 UTC