Frank Sikes Airport
04A · Luverne, Alabama · Crenshaw County · map
Frank Sikes Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Luverne, 2 miles north of Luverne, Alabama, 302 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 4,649 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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What is the airport code for Frank Sikes Airport?
Its FAA code is 04A.
Where is Frank Sikes Airport?
It is 2 miles north of Luverne, Alabama, 302 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Frank Sikes Airport?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 4,649 feet long, asphalt.
Does Frank Sikes Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Frank Sikes Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Frank Sikes Airport?
4 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 04A
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Luverne
- Elevation
- 302 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,649 × 80 ft | Asphalt, poor | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 04: threshold displaced 742 ft, tree 75 ft high 972 ft from the end
- Runway 22: threshold displaced 875 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Troy Municipal AT N Kenneth Campbell Field (15 nm northeast), South Alabama Regional AT Bill Benton Field (27 nm south), Enterprise Municipal (32 nm southeast), Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) (35 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alabama · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR only.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- SELF-SERVE
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights; first 750 feet runway 04 and first 875 feet of runway 22 unlighted.
- 480 feet above sea level water tower south of runway 22.
- Runway 04 approach ratio 13:1 from displaced thld.
- Runway 22 approach ratio 15:1 from displaced threshold.
- Wdspr cracking on runway surface.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Luverne from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Luverne, Alabama: 2 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 4 training center evaluators, 1 training center examiner.
- Darwin Delano Floyd private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Enterprise FBO · Enterprise, AL (32 nm) · (334) 300-8562 · [email protected]
- Dennis Allan Sherwood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aerolanding · Enterprise, AL (32 nm) · (262) 914-1915 · [email protected]
- Robert Burnet private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Box Aviation · Montgomery, AL (35 nm) · (850) 585-7040 · [email protected]
- Harvey John Schwab instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Daleville, AL (39 nm) · (205) 999-6540 · [email protected]
All 23 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Luverne 4 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 business jets
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alabama 1,210 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alabama 85 landing places
- Alabama 4,346 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/04A.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.