Roy E Ray Airport
5R7 · Bayou la Batre, Alabama · Mobile County · map
Roy E Ray Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles northeast of Bayou la Batre, Alabama, 87 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,000 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5R7
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 87 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,000 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: pole 31 ft high 337 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 81 ft high 655 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Bayou la Batre from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Bayou la Batre, AL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR weather conditions only.
- Runway 18/36 marked with frangible pvc pipe and white plastic mats.
- Airport currently unlicensed by state of Alabama.
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.