Aviation in Alabama

Aviation in Alabama
Aviation in the United States
Alabama
Alabama State Flag
Airports
Commercial – primary5
Commercial – non-primary1
General aviation65
Other public-use airports24
Military and other airports9
First flight
10 March 1910

Alabama's first aeronautical event was on 10 March 1910 with the flight of a Wright biplane flown by Orville Wright in Montgomery, Alabama.[1]

Events

Aircraft Manufacturers

Aerospace

73,000 jobs are based in Alabama in support of aerospace.[4]

Airports

Colleges and universities

  • Auburn University is home to the nation's oldest continually operated flight school and is the only 4-year aviation degree in the State of Alabama. In 2022, Auburn University built the Delta Air Lines Aviation Education Building that included an Airbus 320 commercial airline simulator.[6]

Commercial Service

Government and Military

Overhead view of Maxwell Field in 1937

Museums

See also: Category:Aerospace museums in Alabama
  • James Meissner, World War I flying ace and Birmingham resident
    James Meissner, World War I flying ace and Birmingham resident
  • A group of Tuskegee Airmen posing with a P-40 during World War II
    A group of Tuskegee Airmen posing with a P-40 during World War II
  • Aircraft at the Redstone Army Airfield in Huntsville
    Aircraft at the Redstone Army Airfield in Huntsville
  • Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
    Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
  • Lockheed A-12 at the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham
    Lockheed A-12 at the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham
  • Wernher von Braun posing with the Saturn V's S-IC engines in Huntsville
    Wernher von Braun posing with the Saturn V's S-IC engines in Huntsville
  • Space Shuttle Pathfinder at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville
    Space Shuttle Pathfinder at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville

References

  1. ^ "encyclopedia of Alabama". Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  2. ^ Don Dodd, Amy Bartlett-Dodd. Deep South Aviation.
  3. ^ "Alabama". Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "Aerospace". Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  5. ^ "Continental Motors Group To Assemble Diesel Kits In U.S." Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  6. ^ "Delta Aviation Education Building dedicated to Auburn University following $6.2 million grant". Office of Communications and Marketing. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  7. ^ "Alabama State Troopers Aviation Unit". Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  8. ^ "Police Helicopter Unit". Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2011.

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