Selma Auxiliary Field - Misplaced Pages

Airport in Selma, Alabama

Selfield Auxiliary Airfield

2006 USGS airphoto

IATA: none
ICAO: none

Summary

Operator

United States Army Air Force

Location

Selma, Alabama

Coordinates

32°26′20″N 086°57′13″W / 32.43889°N 86.95361°W / 32.43889; -86.95361

Map

Selma AFLocation of Selma Auxiliary Field

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
12/30	5,800	1,780	asphalt
18/00	4,300	1,300	asphalt
23/05	4,140	1,260	asphalt

Selma Auxiliary Field was a United States Army facility located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east-northeast of Selma, Alabama. Following its closure, it became Selma Municipal Airport.

History

The airport was built about 1943 as an auxiliary airfield to the Army pilot school at Craig Army Airfield. It was designated Selfield Army Auxiliary Airfield #1, and had three hard-surface runways. The field was said to not have any hangars and was apparently unmanned unless necessary for aircraft recovery.

The field was always closely tied to operations at Craig and served as an auxiliary field for a number of years during World War II with the initiation of Undergraduate Pilot Training for the Air Force though the 1960s. It became a joint use facility in the early 1950s with Delta Airlines operating DC-3 service and later Southern Airways.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

External links

Abandoned Airports: Selma Municipal Airport, Selma, AL

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