Roy Wilcox Airport
5R1 · Chatom, Alabama · Washington County · map
Roy Wilcox Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chatom, 3 miles east of Chatom, Alabama, 166 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 4,002 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Roy Wilcox Airport?
Its FAA code is 5R1.
Where is Roy Wilcox Airport?
It is 3 miles east of Chatom, Alabama, 166 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Roy Wilcox Airport?
Its one runway, 12/30, is 4,002 feet long, asphalt.
Does Roy Wilcox Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Roy Wilcox Airport?
3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Roy Wilcox Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5R1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chatom
- Elevation
- 166 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,002 × 80 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: threshold displaced 200 ft
- Runway 30: trees 57 ft high 784 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mobile and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.65 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Waynesboro Municipal (25 nm northwest), Bay Minette Municipal (40 nm southeast), Monroe County Aeroplex (43 nm east), Mobile Regional (46 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Jackson Municipal (15 nm east), Waynesboro Municipal (25 nm northwest), Bay Minette Municipal (40 nm southeast), Monroe County Aeroplex (43 nm east).
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
- Before FAA act.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 operates dusk to dawn.
- Runway 12 approach ratio 27:1 from displaced threshold.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chatom from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Chatom, Alabama: 4 piston singles. 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 training center examiner.
All 12 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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 Chatom 4 aircraft · 4 piston singles
- Beaverdam Aeronautics LLC 2 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 4,348 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5R1.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 29, 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.