Scottsboro Muni-Word Field
4A6 · Scottsboro, Alabama · Jackson County · map
Scottsboro Muni-Word Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Scottsboro, 2 miles northeast of Scottsboro, Alabama, 650 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,240 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4A6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Scottsboro
- Elevation
- 650 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- 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
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,240 × 80 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 62 ft high 663 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 230 ft, tree 31 ft high 505 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| 4A6 AWOS-3PT | 120.125 | |
| Gadsden and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 256-259-1148.
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 Scottsboro from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Scottsboro, Alabama: 18 piston singles, 2 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Red lighted TV tower 1 mile southwest.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 preset low intst; to incr intst ACTVT- the common traffic frequency. To activate runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 04 and 22 operates continuously.
- Closed on christmas.
- Runway 22 lighted thresholds displaced for night operations.
- Out of service indefinitely.
- Approach slope 20:1 from displaced threshold.
- Taxiway lights for taxiway turnoff only.
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.