Moontown Airport
3M5 · Huntsville, Alabama · Madison County · map
Moontown Airport is a public-use airport owned by 3M5 Airport INC., 7 miles east of Huntsville, Alabama, 655 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,180 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3M5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- 3M5 Airport INC.
- Elevation
- 655 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,180 × 160 ft | Grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.6 | |
| Huntsville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.8 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Huntsville from the FAA register
205 aircraft are registered to owners in Huntsville, Alabama: 142 piston singles, 17 drones, 13 turboprops, 11 piston twins, 6 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 4 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
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Taxiway lights for taxiway turnoff only.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Glider act in the vicinity of airport.
- Airport mowing in progress weekdays spring through autumn.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of of airport
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.