Shelby County
EET · KEET · Alabaster, Alabama · Shelby County · map
Shelby County is a public-use airport owned by Shelby County Commission, 4 miles southeast of Alabaster, Alabama, 586 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 126 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 20,848 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KEET · observed 5:53 pm CDT (22:53 UTC), 39 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 80°F (27°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 6:20 pm CDT (23:20 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the east at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEET 062253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/15 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02670150 $
TAF KEET 062320Z 0700/0724 09004KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EET · ICAO KEET
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Shelby County Commission
- Elevation
- 586 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 109 ft high 1,823 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 64 ft high 1,505 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery · Apt Remark 4 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 through bhm clearance delivery. |
| Approach and departure | 123.8 | |
| Eet and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.325 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 659-888-3975.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 20,848, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Alabaster from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Alabaster, Alabama: 13 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 glider. 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 · 12 since 1982, 2 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency
- 100LL available 24/7 with CC.
- Noise abatement area northwest of airport.
- Balloon operations, hang gliding, paja, and motorized parachute operations prohibited.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through bhm clearance delivery.
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.