Bay Minette Municipal
1R8 · Bay Minette, Alabama · Baldwin County · map
Bay Minette Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bay Minette, 3 miles southwest of Bay Minette, Alabama, 248 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1R8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bay Minette
- Elevation
- 248 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1962
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,500 × 79 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 113 ft high 2,473 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 14 ft high 430 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.5 | |
| 1R8 AWOS-3PT | 121.125 | |
| Mobile and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 251-580-5103.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Bay Minette from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Bay Minette, Alabama: 7 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 2 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
- Before FAA act.
- Activate PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL fuel 24 hour self service available.
- Runway ID and TD markings severely 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.