Guntersville Muni/Joe Starnes Field
8A1 · Guntersville, Alabama · Marshall County · map
Guntersville Muni/Joe Starnes Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Guntersville, 3 miles northeast of Guntersville, Alabama, 615 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 5,005 feet of asphalt. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8A1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Guntersville
- Elevation
- 615 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1951
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06W/24W | 5,500 × 200 ft | Water | |
| 07/25 | 5,005 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: tree 45 ft high 604 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 21 ft high 248 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.6 | |
| Huntsville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.8 | |
| 8A1 AWOS-3PT | 121.125 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Guntersville from the FAA register
71 aircraft are registered to owners in Guntersville, Alabama: 48 helicopters, 20 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. 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 · 9 since 1982, 3 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
- Deer, birds, and coyotes on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 7 and 25; PAPI runway 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 7/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24/7 SELF-SVC avgas and full service JET-A durng nml open hours.
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.