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
- 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
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alabama.
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
- Provided VFR operations, private use.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - 122.8.
- Runway 18/36 markings faded.
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.