Waterwings Seaplane Base
50AL · Wilsonville, Alabama · Shelby County · map
Waterwings Seaplane Base is a private seaplane base, 3 miles south of Wilsonville, Alabama, 396 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 50AL
- Kind
- Seaplane base · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 396 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
- June 2026
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12W/30W | 5,200 × 200 ft | Water, fair |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal (9 nm east), Shelby County (15 nm west), Chilton County (22 nm south), Bessemer Ntl Airport (24 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal (9 nm east), Shelby County (15 nm west), Chilton County (22 nm south), Bessemer Ntl Airport (24 nm west).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wilsonville from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Wilsonville, Alabama: 7 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
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
Fuel and service companies in Wilsonville, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, 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 seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wilsonville 9 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 gliders
- Glenn Aviation Services INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- 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 4,349 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/50AL.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.