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{{Infobox airport
| name         = Scottsboro Municipal Airport
| nativename   = {{smaller|Word Field}}
| image        = Scottsboro Municipal Airport.jpg
| caption      = [[National Agriculture Imagery Program|NAIP]] aerial image, 2006
| FAA          = 4A6
| type         = Public
| owner        = City of Scottsboro
| operator     =
| city-served  = [[Scottsboro, Alabama]]
| location     = <!--if different than above-->
| elevation-f  = 650
| elevation-m  = 198
| coordinates  = {{coord|34|41|19|N|086|00|21|W|region:US-AL_type:airport_scale:10000}}
| website      = [http://cityofscottsboro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117&Itemid=250 CityOfScottsboro.com/...]
| r1-number    = 4/22
| r1-length-f  = 5,250
| r1-length-m  = 1,600
| r1-surface   = Asphalt
| stat-year    = 2009
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data   = 7,745
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data   = 40
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=4A6|use=PU|own=PU|site=00509.1*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.</ref>
}}
'''Scottsboro Municipal Airport''' {{airport codes|||4A6}}, also known as '''Word Field''', is a city-owned public-use [[airport]] located two nautical miles (3.7&nbsp;km) northeast of the [[central business district]] of [[Scottsboro, Alabama|Scottsboro]], a city in [[Jackson County, Alabama|Jackson County]], [[Alabama]], [[United States]].<ref name="FAA" /> According to the FAA's [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2009–2013, it is [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] as a ''[[general aviation]]'' facility.<ref>[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] for 2009–2013: [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part1.pdf Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB)]. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.</ref>
== Facilities and aircraft ==
Scottsboro Municipal Airport covers an area of {{convert|49|acre|ha|lk=on}} at an [[elevation]] of 650 feet (198 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has one [[runway]] designated 4/22 with an [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] surface measuring 5,250 by 80 feet (1,600 x 24 m).<ref name="FAA" />
For the 12-month period ending May 12, 2009, the airport had 7,745 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day, all [[general aviation]]. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at this airport: 82.5% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]], 2.5% multi-engine and 15% [[ultralight]].<ref name="FAA" />
==See also==
* [[List of airports in Alabama]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=34.6883&lon=-86.0053&w=700&h=850&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of 26 March 1998] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
* [http://creports.capnhq.gov/airfield/ViewAirport.asp?view=Thumb&state=AL&code=4A6&filetype=_ Airfield photos for 4A6] from [[Civil Air Patrol]]
* {{FAA-procedures|4A6}}
{{US-airport-minor|4A6}}
{{AL Airport}}
[[Category:Airports in Alabama]]
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Jackson County, Alabama]]