Dauphin Island Airport

Dauphin Island Airport (FAA LID: 4R9) is a county-owned public-use airport in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.^[1] It is just northwest of the central business district of Dauphin Island,^[1] a town located on a barrier island. The airport is on Mobile Bay, west of the Aloe Bay Channel.^[2]

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015^[3] and 2009–2013,^[4] both of which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Dauphin Island Airport covers an area of 22 acres (9 ha) at an elevation of 5 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 80 feet (914 x 24 m). For the 12-month period ending May 18, 2010, the airport had 3,650 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for 4R9 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
↑ "About the Island: Dauphin Island Airport". Dauphin Island Property. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010. External link in |work= (help)
↑ "2009–2013 NPIAS Report, Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB)" (PDF). 2009–2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 15 October 2008. External link in |work= (help)

External links

Aerial image as of 15 February 1997 from USGS The National Map
Birding areas at Dauphin Island Airport

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 4R9
- AirNav airport information for 4R9
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 4R9

Airports in Alabama

Primary	Birmingham–Shuttlesworth Dothan Regional Huntsville Intl Mobile Regional Montgomery Regional–Dannelly

Non-primary	Northwest Alabama

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 Isbell Jackson Lanett Mac Crenshaw Madison County–Sharp Marion County–Fite Middleton Mobile–Brookley Mobile–Downtown 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 Tuscaloosa 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 Rucker 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	Anderson AF 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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