Headland Municipal
HDL · KHDL · Headland, Alabama · Henry County · map
Headland Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Headland, 2 miles northeast of Headland, Alabama, 359 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 33 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 41,203 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HDL · ICAO KHDL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Headland
- Elevation
- 359 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,002 × 80 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 2,865 × 162 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 49 ft high 1,062 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 16 ft high 445 ft from the end
- Runway 17: tree 25 ft high 571 ft from the end
- Runway 35: tree 63 ft high 1,379 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Hdl and aWOS-3PT | 119.575 | |
| Dothan and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 334-693-0508.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 41,203, 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 Headland from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Headland, Alabama: 13 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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
- Prior to FAA action.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; PAPI runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- Farm eqpt and aircraft parked close to runway threshold.
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.