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KALX · ALX

Thomas C Russell Field

32.91470°N

-85.96300°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 733.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 540.0%

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 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago

Temp

75°F

Wind

12 kts

110°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KALX 031635Z AUTO 11012KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A3026 RMK AO2

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

78% of ops

21 land · 0 TO

22% of ops

6 land · 0 TO

Runway 36 carries 78% of operations (21 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

36 21 landings

UA 5%

18 6 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 36 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 21 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

2.2

flights/day · 65 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 7pm · 11pm

Day vs night

65%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–11pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (0.9 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 64 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.700	—
APCH	121.200	—
APCH	269.050	—
UNICOM	122.700	—
AWOS	118.325	—
COLUMBUS	120.450	—
COLUMBUS	298.850	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZTL
Mag var:: 4° W
Fuel:: 100LL

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