Marion County-Rankin Fite
HAB · KHAB · Hamilton, Alabama · Marion County · map
Marion County-Rankin Fite is a public-use airport owned by Marion County, 1 mile south of Hamilton, Alabama, 436 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,495 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HAB · ICAO KHAB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Marion County
- Elevation
- 436 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1956
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,495 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 45 ft high 740 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 32 ft high 677 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Columbus and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
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Aircraft registered in Hamilton from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Hamilton, Alabama: 8 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- Before FAA act.
- Runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 oper dusk - 2100; aft 2100-CTAF.
- All runway mkings svrly faded
- All runway mkings svrly faded
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.