MC Gowin Field
5AL1 · Chapman, Alabama · Butler County · map
MC Gowin Field is a private airport, 2 miles east of Chapman, Alabama, 400 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,000 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5AL1
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 400 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,000 × 100 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Chapman from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chapman, AL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 05/15/59
- Airport closed indefinitely.
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.