Maxwell Air Force Base
MXF · KMXF · Montgomery, Alabama · Montgomery County · map
Maxwell Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 2 miles northwest of Montgomery, Alabama, 171 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 8,008 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Maxwell Air Force Base…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MXF · ICAO KMXF
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 171 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1400-0400z++ weekdays; 1600-0000z++ weekends, closed fed holidays.
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 2:00 pm to 0400z++; weekends, 4:00 pm to 0000z++
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 8,008 × 150 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
| 009/189 | 3,015 × 60 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 15: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 134.7 | Maxwell |
| Ground | 127.15 | Maxwell |
| Tower | 118.15 | Maxwell |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service North | 121.2 | Maxwell |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service South | 124.0 | Maxwell |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Maxwell |
| Montgomery and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.55 | Maxwell |
| Pre-taxi clearance | 139.3 | Maxwell |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) (5 nm south), Prattville/Grouby Field (8 nm northwest), Chilton County (31 nm northwest), Craig Field (32 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) (5 nm south), Prattville/Grouby Field (8 nm northwest), Wetumpka Municipal (9 nm north), Franklin Field (31 nm southeast).
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
- Rectangular 1029 feet above ground level, overhead 1529 feet above ground level.
- Closed federal holidays.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess left and 12 degreess right of centerline.
- Jasu: 4(A/M32A-86D) 2(AM32-95)
- Fuel: a++
- Tran alert: airevac and DV aircraft will be given priority svcg.
- Restricted: dur bird watch condition code moderate and severe, aircrews should refer to AP/1 for bash hazard conditions and restrictions; aircrews can obtain current bird watch condition FR ATIS/ptd/tower.
- Caution: practice missed approach in VFR condition maintenance runway hdg below 1200' until over departure end of runway then immed right standard rate turn to hdg 300 degrees to avoid dannelly field.
- Misc: 1ST 2207' runway 15 is concrete and grooved, next 3984' is asphalt, next 400' is concrete overlay and grooved, remaining 1507' is asphalt; reverse order for runway 33.
- Radar: see terminal flip for radar minima.
- A-GEAR: runway 15, hook MB60 (35' ovrn)
- A-GEAR: runway 33, hook MB60 (35' ovrn)
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Montgomery from the FAA register
131 aircraft are registered to owners in Montgomery, Alabama: 78 piston singles, 11 piston twins, 11 helicopters, 9 turboprops, 9 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Box Aviation INC 7 aircraft · Montgomery, 6 miles away Box Aviation is a flight training and aviation services company based at Montgomery Regional Airport (Dannelly Field) in Montgomery, Alabama, since 2011.
- Montgomery Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Montgomery, 6 miles away
Repair stations in Montgomery:
- Box Aviation INC Box Aviation is a family-owned aviation business based at Montgomery Regional Airport (Dannelly Field) in Montgomery, Alabama, operating since 2011.
- Hartzell Engine Technologies LLC Hartzell Engine Technologies is an OEM supplier of aircraft engine accessories and heating solutions headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama.
- Merl INC MERL, Inc is an FAA-certified repair station specializing in emergency locator transmitter (ELT) repair and antenna services for aircraft.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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 Montgomery 131 aircraft · 78 piston singles, 11 piston twins, 11 helicopters
- Civil Air Patrol 16 aircraft in town
- Alabama Law Enforcement Agency 15 aircraft in town
- Box Aviation INC 7 aircraft in town
- Alabama Department of Transportation 6 aircraft in town
- Box Aviation INC 7 aircraft · flight school
- Montgomery Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Box Aviation INC · repair station
- Hartzell Engine Technologies LLC · repair station
- Merl INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alabama 1,211 since 1982 · 173 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 4,348 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MXF.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 2, 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.