Carl Folsom Airport
14J · Elba, Alabama · Coffee County · map
Carl Folsom Airport is a public-use airport owned by Elba Arpt Authority, 2 miles west of Elba, Alabama, 258 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,050 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 27 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,360 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 14J
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Elba Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 258 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1955
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,050 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,360, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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Aircraft registered in Elba from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Elba, Alabama: 14 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alabama.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- After dusk activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- Closed to helicopter mov skid landing.
- Runway 02/20 has 344 feet by 100 feet asphalt overrun on the north end.
- CL stripes faded
- CL stripes faded
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.