Headquarters Airport
AL27 · Centre, Alabama · Cherokee County · map
Headquarters Airport is a private airport, 7 miles southeast of Centre, Alabama, 610 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,000 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 AL27
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 610 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1991
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,000 × 50 ft | Grass |
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: Polk County/Cornelius Moore Field (22 nm east), Isbell Field (23 nm north), Richard B Russell Regional - J H Towers Field (25 nm northeast), Northeast Alabama Regional (27 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Centre Piedmont/Cherokee County Regional (2 nm southwest), Polk County/Cornelius Moore Field (22 nm east), Isbell Field (23 nm north), Richard B Russell Regional - J H Towers Field (25 nm northeast).
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 operations conducted in VFR weather conditions landing for private use.
- Personal use only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Centre from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Centre, Alabama: 24 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.
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 Centre 25 aircraft · 24 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- 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/AL27.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.