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NAIP aerial image, 2006
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Craig Field Airport & Industrial Authority | ||||||||||
Serves | Selma, Alabama | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 166 ft / 51 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°20′38″N 086°59′16″W / 32.34389°N 86.98778°W | ||||||||||
Website | www.CraigComplex.com | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 38,550 |
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Based aircraft | 8 |
Craig Field (IATA: SEM, ICAO: KSEM, FAA LID: SEM) is a public-use airport located four nautical miles (4.6 mi, 7.4 km) southeast of the central business district of Selma, a city in Dallas County, Alabama, United States. The airport is owned by Craig Field Airport & Industrial Authority. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. It was previously the U.S. Air Force Craig Air Force Base, closed in 1977.
Craig Field covers an area of 1,790 acres (720 ha) at an elevation of 166 feet (51 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt and concrete surface measuring 8,002 by 150 feet (2,439 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending November 2, 2009, the airport had 38,550 aircraft operations, an average of 105 per day: 89% general aviation, 10% military, and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 8 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.