Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal
SCD · KSCD · Sylacauga, Alabama · Talladega County · map
Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sylacauga, 3 miles west of Sylacauga, Alabama, 569 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,390 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KSCD · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 58°F (14°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 KSCD 061935Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM CLR 28/14 A3000 RMK AO2 T02810142
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 SCD · ICAO KSCD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sylacauga
- Elevation
- 569 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- 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
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1962
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,390 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 125 ft high 2,141 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.8 | |
| Scd and aWOS-3PT | 119.125 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 256-249-2620.
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 Sylacauga from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Sylacauga, Alabama: 18 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 · 10 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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; PAPI runway 09 and 27: medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Glider club on field.
- Fuel available 24/7 with CC.
- Obscured/faded
- Obscured/faded
- Glider towing operations 3 NM radius below 6000 feet 9:00 am to 10:00 pm weekends.
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.