Tuscaloosa Ntl Airport
TCL · KTCL · Tuscaloosa, Alabama · Tuscaloosa County · map
Tuscaloosa Ntl Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Tuscaloosa, 3 miles northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 170 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 6,498 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 109 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 40,933 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,539 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now KTCL · observed 11:53 am CDT (16:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 inHg
The forecast issued Mon 8:04 am CDT (13:04 UTC), good until Tue 7:00 am CDT (12:00 UTC)
- From Mon 8:00 am CDT (13:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Mon 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTCL 121653Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP205 T02830178
TAF KTCL 121304Z 1213/1312 00000KT P6SM FEW250 FM121500 29005KT 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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (CSG, 141 nm east), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 340° at 20 kt; 6,000 ft: 340° at 15 kt, 17 °C; 9,000 ft: 330° at 19 kt, 11 °C; 12,000 ft: 320° at 19 kt, 5 °C; 18,000 ft: 330° at 11 kt, -4 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TCL · ICAO KTCL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Tuscaloosa
- Elevation
- 170 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 6,498 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 38 ft high 1,550 ft from the end
- Runway 12: tree 40 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 61 ft high 1,725 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.3 | Tuscaloosa |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery | 120.775 | Tuscaloosa |
| Ground | 121.8 | Tuscaloosa |
| Approach and departure | 120.15 | Tuscaloosa |
| Tuscaloosa and rco | 122.2 | Tuscaloosa |
| Tcl and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.825 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 205-800-4042.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Richard Arthur Field (31 nm north), Bessemer Ntl Airport (35 nm east), Columbus-Lowndes County (41 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alabama · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22, approach lights (MALSR) runway 04, PAPI runway 22, medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 12/30 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Lighted as a visual runway.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 133 departures from TCL in those twelve months, carrying 5,000 passengers in 9,928 seats (50% filled), to 44 destinations (1 abroad) on 16 airlines.
All 44 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 72 |
| multi-engine | 15 |
| jets | 16 |
| helicopters | 6 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 40,933, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 224 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,908 |
| general aviation, travelling | 19,888 |
| general aviation, local | 13,843 |
| military | 4,070 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tuscaloosa from the FAA register
76 aircraft are registered to owners in Tuscaloosa, Alabama: 40 piston singles, 13 business jets, 6 piston twins, 5 helicopters, 5 drones. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Tuscaloosa, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Tcl FBO LLC Ascension FBO operates fixed-base operations at 11 airports across the United States, providing ground handling, line service, and customer service to general aviation customers.
Charter operators and airlines based in Tuscaloosa:
- Harmony Air LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners.
- Harvey John Schwab instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Helena, AL (33 nm) · (205) 999-6540 · flyerhjs@gmail.com
- Fredric Mark Newman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, helicopters · Shelby County Airport · Calera, AL (41 nm) · (205) 527-8118 · mnewm@aol.com
- David Lewis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Jasper, AL (44 nm) · (931) 377-7502 · flightevaluation@gmail.com
- Greg Harper Muse instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Sanders Aviation · Jasper, AL (44 nm) · (256) 375-8012 · gregmusedpe@gmail.com
- Joseph Gordon Sanders private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · SANDERS AVIATION · Jasper, AL (44 nm) · (204) 913-6058 · gordo@sandersaviation.com
- William Joseph Walker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jasper, AL (44 nm) · (504) 228-2003 · wwalkeriii@gmail.com
- Charles Welden private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · WaterWings Seaplanes Hangar · Calera, AL (45 nm) · (205) 807-3591 · seaplane150@gmail.com
- Ken Spivey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Shelby County Airport · Calera, AL (45 nm) · (205) 706-4166 · blueskiesaviationllc@gmail.com
All 23 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 24 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Tuscaloosa 76 aircraft · 40 piston singles, 13 business jets, 6 piston twins
- Peco Foods INC 3 aircraft in town
- Forag Aerial Solutions LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Taft Drone Services LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Phifer INC 2 aircraft in town
- Tcl FBO LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Harmony Air LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Alexandria International (AEX) 39 flights in twelve months · Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp
- General Mitchell International (MKE) 11 flights in twelve months · Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 10 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Jacksonville International (JAX) 5 flights in twelve months · Ameristar Air Cargo
- Laredo International (LRD) 5 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc.
- Okc Will Rogers International (OKC) 5 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field (BTR) 4 flights in twelve months · Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp, CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir
- MC Ghee Tyson (TYS) 4 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 24 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alabama 1,210 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alabama 85 landing places
- Alabama 4,322 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TCL.json.
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 9, 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.