Roy E. Ray Airport

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Roy E. Ray Airport
Roy E. Ray Airport.jpg
NAIP aerial image, 20 August 2006
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerHillery W. Grice
Serves Bayou La Batre, Alabama
Elevation  AMSL 87 ft / 27 m
Coordinates 30°27′19″N088°12′40″W / 30.45528°N 88.21111°W / 30.45528; -88.21111
Map
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5R7
Location of airport in Alabama
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5R7
5R7 (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
18/362,000610Turf
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations (2016)6,978
Based aircraft35

Roy E. Ray Airport( FAA LID : 5R7) is a privately owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) northeast of the central business district of Bayou La Batre, a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. [1]

Contents

Facilities and aircraft

Roy E. Ray Airport covers an area of 41 acres (17 ha) at an elevation of 87 feet (27 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with a turf surface measuring 2,000 by 150 feet (610 x 46 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending May 12, 2011, the airport had 6,978 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day. At that time there were 35 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 3% ultralight. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 5R7 PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.