Walker County/Bevill Field
JFX · KJFX · Jasper, Alabama · Walker County · map
Walker County/Bevill Field is a public-use airport owned by Walker County Commission, 5 miles northwest of Jasper, Alabama, 483 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,004 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1) and about 15 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 33,616 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KJFX · observed 6:15 pm CDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KJFX 062315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/16 A2998 RMK AO2
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 JFX · ICAO KJFX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Walker County Commission
- Elevation
- 483 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,004 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: VASI, four boxes on the left, 4,800 ft available for landing, trees 24 ft high 514 ft from the end
- Runway 27: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 190 ft, 4,800 ft available for landing, trees 77 ft high 2,161 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Clearance delivery · Apt Remark 2 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 through birmingham (bhm) clearance delivery. |
| Approach and departure | 127.675 | |
| Jfx and aWOS-3PT | 119.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 205-295-5539.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 33,616, 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 Jasper from the FAA register
86 aircraft are registered to owners in Jasper, Alabama: 56 piston singles, 15 piston twins, 7 helicopters, 5 business jets, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 · 9 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
- No outside work except emergencies.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of runways.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 9 and 27; VASI runway 9 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 9/27- the common traffic frequency.
- No outside work except emergencies.
- Fuel available 24/7 with CC.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through birmingham (bhm) clearance delivery.
- Hvy flight student act.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.