Frank Sikes Airport is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Luverne

Luverne, Alabama

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, a city in Crenshaw County

Crenshaw County, Alabama

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, Alabama

Alabama

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, United States

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Frank Sikes Airport covers an area of 35 acres (14.2 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 300 feet (91 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 4/22 with an asphalt

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 surface measuring 4,640 by 80 feet (1,414 x 24 m). For the 12-month period ending December 9, 2008, the airport had 5,636 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day.

External links

• Aerial image as of 2 April 1992 from USGS The National Map
• Airfield photos for 04A from Civil Air Patrol
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