Craig Field
SEM · KSEM · Selma, Alabama · Dallas County · map
Craig Field is a public-use airport, 4 miles southeast of Selma, Alabama, 166 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 8,014 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SEM · ICAO KSEM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 166 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 7:00 pm mon-fri; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm saturday and sunday
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1979
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 8,014 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, poor | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 41 ft high 1,249 ft from the end
- Runway 33: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), tree 43 ft high 1,620 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Ground | 121.675 | Craig |
| Tower | 120.85 | Craig |
| Approach and departure | 124.0 | Craig |
| Sem and aWOS-3PT | 119.15 | |
| Montgomery and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.55 | Craig |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone (334) 872-9090.
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 Selma from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Selma, Alabama: 5 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 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 · 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
- When the control tower closed activate mals runway 33; PAPI runway 15/33 and high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- James corrigan, executive director
- Runway ID and TD markings severely faded.
- Runway ID and TD markings severely faded.
- Severe cracking exists on all runway surfaces. Rehabilitation project is planned.
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.