Vaiden Field
A08 · Marion, Alabama · Perry County · map
Vaiden Field is a public-use airport owned by Perry County Arpt & Industrial Auth, 8 miles southwest of Marion, Alabama, 220 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 6,400 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA A08
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Perry County Arpt & Industrial Auth
- Elevation
- 220 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 6,400 × 80 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 10 ft high 88 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Uniontown and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.25 |
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Aircraft registered in Marion from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Marion, Alabama: 3 piston singles. 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- VFR only.
- Airport beacon currently inoperable
- All airfield lighting currently inoperable
- Located 10 feet from runway edge.
- Svrl CLOSE-IN obstruction trees located approx 100-120 feet L of runway 16 centerline
- Markings svrly faded or obscured.
- Markings svrly faded or obscured.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp
- 80 feet overlay; side trsns smooth.
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.