Ozark/Blackwell Field
71J · Ozark, Alabama · Dale County · map
Ozark/Blackwell Field is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Ozark, 2 miles southeast of Ozark, Alabama, 358 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 5,152 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 71J
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Ozark
- Elevation
- 358 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1956
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,152 × 80 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 45 ft high 615 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 19 ft high 247 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Dothan and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.3 |
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Aircraft registered in Ozark from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Ozark, Alabama: 27 piston singles, 10 helicopters, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 7 since 1982, 2 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
- Low flying hop in traffic pattern.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 31; PAPI runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Avgas 24 hour credit card service available.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Runway and parl taxiways centerline sepn is 240 feet.
- Pilots depg Blackwell VFR to the east or north rmn at 1500 feet above sea level or below until approximately 5 MI from the airport to avoid conflict with traffic on IFR approach to the dothan airport.
- Runway 13/31 closed to helicopter running landing by skid equipped helicopter
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.