Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones Field
HSV · KHSV · Huntsville, Alabama · Madison County · map
Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones Field is a public-use airport owned by Huntsville Madison County, 9 miles southwest of Huntsville, Alabama, 629 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18R/36L, is 12,600 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHSV · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHSV 062153Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02780128 $
TAF KHSV 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM FEW250
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 HSV · ICAO KHSV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Huntsville Madison County
- Elevation
- 629 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1964
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18R/36L | 12,600 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 18L/36R | 10,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18R: ILS, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 36L: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 18L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 9,801 ft available for landing
- Runway 36R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 200 ft, 9,801 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 127.6 | Huntsville |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Hsv and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.25 | Huntsville |
| Clearance delivery | 120.35 | Huntsville |
| Ground | 121.9 | Huntsville |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 185 to 004 | 118.05 | Huntsville |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 005 to 184 | 125.6 | Huntsville |
| Approach (secondary) | 118.75 | Huntsville |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Huntsville |
| Huntsville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.8 | Huntsville |
| Huntsville and rco | 122.2 | Huntsville |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 256-207-5925.
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Aircraft registered in Huntsville from the FAA register
205 aircraft are registered to owners in Huntsville, Alabama: 142 piston singles, 17 drones, 13 turboprops, 11 piston twins, 6 business jets. 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, 5 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 approach lights (MALSR) runway 18L, 36L and 36R; high-intensity runway lights runway 18L/36R and 18R/36L - the common traffic frequency. Runway 18R alsf on step 2 when the control tower closed.
- Airport authority
- Obstruction clnc slope 50:1 at displaced threshold.
- Intersection of taxiway J and service road is uncontrolled.
- Line up and wait NA.
- Flight notification service (adcus) available.
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.