Big River Airpark
5AL5 · Muscle Shoals, Alabama · Colbert County · map
Big River Airpark is a private airport, 4 miles south of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 505 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,000 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5AL5
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 505 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2003
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,000 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Northwest Alabama Regional (4 nm northeast), Bill Pugh Field (15 nm south), Posey Field (25 nm south), Pryor Field Regional (35 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Northwest Alabama Regional (4 nm northeast), Bill Pugh Field (15 nm south), Courtland Airport (15 nm east), Posey Field (25 nm south).
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
- Provided VFR operations, private use.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - 122.8.
- Runway 18/36 markings faded.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Muscle Shoals from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Muscle Shoals, Alabama: 10 piston singles, 7 helicopters, 3 piston twins, 1 turboprop. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Muscle Shoals 21 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 7 helicopters, 3 piston twins
- Tennessee Valley Authority 8 aircraft in town
- 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 4,346 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5AL5.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 28, 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.