George Downer Airport
AIV · KAIV · Aliceville, Alabama · Pickens County · map
George Downer Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Aliceville, 2 miles southwest of Aliceville, Alabama, 150 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 5 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 5,400 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for George Downer Airport?
Its FAA code is AIV, and its ICAO code is KAIV.
Where is George Downer Airport?
It is 2 miles southwest of Aliceville, Alabama, 150 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at George Downer Airport?
Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,001 feet long, asphalt.
Does George Downer Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at George Downer Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at George Downer Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: George Downer Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to George Downer Airport?
4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for George Downer Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AIV · ICAO KAIV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Aliceville
- Elevation
- 150 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,001 × 80 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: tree 22 ft high 640 ft from the end
- Runway 24: tree 81 ft high 1,983 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 135.6 | |
| Columbus and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Columbus-Lowndes County (23 nm northwest), Golden Triangle Regional (28 nm northwest), Tuscaloosa Ntl Airport (30 nm east), Mccharen Field (37 nm northwest).
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
- Before FAA act.
- Taxiway lights for taxiway turnoff only.
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 06 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 6 mkings svrly faded
- Runway 24 mkings svrly faded
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 5 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,400, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 5,400 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Aliceville from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Aliceville, Alabama: 2 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- George Downer Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Aliceville
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 4 aviation medical examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 training center examiners.
All 10 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Aliceville 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- George Downer Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 4,346 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AIV.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.