Sommerset Strip
AL89 · Opelika, Alabama · Lee County · map
Sommerset Strip is a private airport, 5 miles north of Opelika, Alabama, 820 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,250 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AL89
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 820 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1991
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,250 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 07: threshold displaced 250 ft
- Runway 25: threshold displaced 300 ft, trees 60 ft high 200 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Opelika from the FAA register
37 aircraft are registered to owners in Opelika, Alabama: 29 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 gliders, 2 drones, 1 turboprop. 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
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 used privately only; road west requires threshold to runway 07 300 feet from road for a 20:1 clearance.
- Only 1,600FT of runway length is marked
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.