Plant Franklin Heliport
2AL0 · Smiths Station, Alabama · Lee County · map
Plant Franklin Heliport is a private heliport owned by Alabama Power Company, 4 miles south of Smiths Station, Alabama, 523 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 30 by 30 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2AL0
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Alabama Power Company
- Elevation
- 523 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2017
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 30 × 30 ft | Concrete |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Columbus Airport (10 nm southeast), Auburn University Regional (17 nm west), Harris County (18 nm northeast), Lagrange/Callaway Airport (24 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Columbus Airport (10 nm southeast), Lanett Regional (14 nm northwest), Auburn University Regional (17 nm west), Harris County (18 nm northeast).
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
- Conditional per 2016-ASO-4801-NRA
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Smiths Station from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Smiths Station, Alabama: 4 drones, 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- River City Aero Club INC 2 aircraft · Columbus, 11 miles away
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Smiths Station 7 aircraft · 4 drones, 3 piston singles
- Aspie Septic Service INC 3 aircraft in town
- River City Aero Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- 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 4,341 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/2AL0.json.
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 26, 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.