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
- 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
- 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
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, 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.
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.