Walker County - Bevill Field Airport

Coordinates: 33°54′07″N 087°18′51″W / 33.90194°N 87.31417°W

Walker County Airport (ICAO: KJFX, FAA LID: JFX, formerly L02), also known as Bevill Field, is a public airport located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district of Jasper, a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. It is owned by the Walker County Commission.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Walker County Airport is assigned JFX by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Walker County Airport covers an area of 297 acres (120 ha) which contains one runway (9/27) with a 5,003 x 100 ft (1,525 x 30 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending April 5, 2000, the airport had 33,616 aircraft operations, an average of 92 per day: 99.7% general aviation and 0.3% military. At that time there were 55 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 9% multi-engine and 4% jet.

Air Resorts Airline Flight 953 accident

On December 16, 1984, Air Resorts Airlines Flight 953 experienced an in-flight engine failure, fire, and ground collision during the landing roll following an emergency landing at the airport. The flight was carrying the East Tennessee State University basketball team to Oxford, Mississippi from Birmingham, Alabama. Two of the 39 occupants of the Convair CV 440 airplane were seriously injured during the accident, 11 others received minor injuries. As the airport did not have on-field emergency services, the nearby Jasper Fire Department was called by the airport manager moments before the emergency landing after being alerted by the Birmingham Approach air traffic controller. During the landing the aircraft veered off Runway 27 and crossed the north-south taxiway, at which time the right landing gear separated and the airplane skidded to a stop. The aircraft was subsequently destroyed by fire. The NTSB concluded the accident resulted from the failure of the Number 6 cylinder in the right engine which caused a complete loss of power with a subsequent windmilling propeller and engine fire.

Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective:	2007-01-18
Airport Identifier:	JFX
Airport Status:	Operational
Longitude/Latitude:	087-18-51.0000W/33-54-07.1810N -87.314167/33.901995 (Estimated)
Elevation:	482 ft / 146.91 m (Surveyed)
Land:	297 acres
From nearest city:	5 nautical miles NW of Jasper, AL
Location:	Walker County, AL
Magnetic Variation:	00E (1985)

Owner & Manager

Ownership:	Publicly owned
Owner:	Walker County Commission BRUCE HAMRICK, CHAIRMAN.
Address:	P.o. Box 1447 Jasper, AL 35501
Phone number:	205-384-7230
Manager:	Sammie Earnest
Address:	6 Ellis Haynes Dr Jasper, AL 35503
Phone number:	205-221-3342

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use:	Open to public
Wind indicator:	Yes
Segmented Circle:	Yes
Control Tower:	No
Lighting Schedule:	DUSK-DAWN ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27; VASI; AND REILS RYS 09 & 27 - CTAF.
Beacon Color:	Clear-Green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee charge:	No
Sectional chart:	Atlanta
Region:	ASO - Southern
Boundary ARTCC:	ZTL - Atlanta
Tie-in FSS:	ANB - Anniston
FSS on Airport:	No
FSS Toll Free:	1-800-WX-BRIEF
NOTAMs Facility:	ANB (NOTAM-d service avaliable)
Federal Agreements:	NGY

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.700
Unicom:	122.700

Airport Services

Fuel available:	100LLA
Airframe Repair:	MAJOR
Power Plant Repair:	MAJOR
Bottled Oxygen:	NONE
Bulk Oxygen:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 09/27

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

Operational Statistics

General Info
Country	United States
State	ALABAMA
FAA ID	JFX
Latitude	33-54-07.183N
Longitude	087-18-50.999W
Elevation	482 feet
Near City	JASPER

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