Sells Airport
71AL · Greenville, Alabama · Butler County · map
Sells Airport is a private airport, 7 miles west of Greenville, Alabama, 380 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,800 feet of grass.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 71AL
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 380 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2009
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,800 × 60 ft | Grass |
- Runway 18: trees 22 ft high 700 ft from the end
- Runway 36: power line 30 ft high 1,350 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Greenville from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Greenville, Alabama: 3 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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 and pvt use only; Sells field and heart of dixie aero estateds operate as one airfield. Simultaneous operations not allowed; all aircraft operating off Sells field are advised that the airfield is in close proximity to a military low level training rte.
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.