St. Clair County
PLR · KPLR · Pell City, Alabama · St Clair County · map
St. Clair County is a public-use airport owned by St Clair CO Arpt Auth, 3 miles southeast of Pell City, Alabama, 485 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KPLR · observed 2:15 pm CDT (19:15 UTC), 40 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KPLR 061915Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 29/13 A3000 RMK A01
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 PLR · ICAO KPLR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- St Clair CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 485 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 7:30 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, untndd
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,001 × 80 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 230 ft, tree 82 ft high 861 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 34 ft high 733 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery · Apt Remark 3 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 through birmingham (bmh) clearance delivery. |
| Approach and departure | 123.8 | |
| Plr and aWOS-3P | 119.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone (205) 884-4359.
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 Pell City from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Pell City, Alabama: 16 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 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
- Activate PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL fuel available 24/7 with CC.
- Runway 03 approach ratio 24:1 to displaced thld.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through birmingham (bmh) clearance delivery.
- 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.