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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
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: Troy Municipal AT N Kenneth Campbell Field (26 nm east), Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) (30 nm north), South Alabama Regional AT Bill Benton Field (31 nm south), Evergreen Rgnl/Middleton Field (36 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Mac Crenshaw Memorial (5 nm northwest), Frank Sikes Airport (14 nm east), Troy Municipal AT N Kenneth Campbell Field (26 nm east), Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) (30 nm north).
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 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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 Greenville 5 aircraft · 3 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 drones
- 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 4,342 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/71AL.json.
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 27, 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.