Fricks Field
8AL3 · Boaz, Alabama · Etowah County · map
Fricks Field is a private airport owned by Richard & Donna Fricks Family Trust, 5 miles southeast of Boaz, Alabama, 1,000 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,300 feet of grass.
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 8AL3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Richard & Donna Fricks Family Trust
- Elevation
- 1,000 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2011
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,300 × 80 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 27: trees 50 ft high 100 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: Northeast Alabama Regional (10 nm south), Albertville Rgnl/Thomas J Brumlik Field (10 nm northwest), Guntersville Muni/Joe Starnes Field (18 nm northwest), Isbell Field (27 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Northeast Alabama Regional (10 nm south), Albertville Rgnl/Thomas J Brumlik Field (10 nm northwest), Guntersville Muni/Joe Starnes Field (18 nm northwest), Centre Piedmont/Cherokee County Regional (24 nm east).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Boaz from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Boaz, Alabama: 4 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 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.
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 Boaz 8 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- 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 4,341 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8AL3.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 26, 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.