Strickland/Smalley Field
AL03 · Akron, Alabama · Hale County · map
Strickland/Smalley Field is a private airport, 3 miles southeast of Akron, Alabama, 369 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 2,002 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 AL03
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 369 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
- November 2007
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,002 × 60 ft | Grass, good | |
| 07/25 | 1,104 × 60 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 01: threshold displaced 400 ft, trees 23 ft high 219 ft from the end
- Runway 19: threshold displaced 600 ft, power line 25 ft high 34 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: Tuscaloosa Ntl Airport (23 nm north), Demopolis Regional (26 nm southwest), Craig Field (48 nm southeast), Bessemer Ntl Airport (48 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Greensboro Municipal (10 nm south), Tuscaloosa Ntl Airport (23 nm north), Demopolis Regional (26 nm southwest), George Downer Airport (29 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
- Provided pvt use only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Akron from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Akron, Alabama: 2 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.
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 · 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 Akron 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- 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 4,349 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AL03.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 30, 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.