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[[Shelby Air]] is the airport's full-service fixed base operator (FBO).
[[Shelby Air]] is the airport's full-service fixed base operator (FBO).


Since 1992, the Shelby County Airport has been the home of the [[Birmingham Forecast Office]] of the National Weather Service. The service leases a 3-acre site on the airport property across the interstate from its [[Birmingham Doppler radar]] site.
Since 1992, the Shelby County Airport has been the home of the [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham]] of the National Weather Service. The service leases a 3-acre site on the airport property across the interstate from its [[Birmingham Doppler radar]] site.


In February 2005, Senator [[Richard Shelby]] announced $547,000 in funding from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program for runway improvements at Shelby County Airport, including the runway's extension from 4,411 to 5,000 feet.
In February 2005, Senator [[Richard Shelby]] announced $547,000 in funding from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program for runway improvements at Shelby County Airport, including the runway's extension from 4,411 to 5,000 feet.

Revision as of 18:53, 18 October 2006

Shelby County Airport (airport codes EET/KEET) is a public airport located on a 125-acre site parallel to I-65 approximately 4 miles southeast of Alabaster in Shelby County. The airport's lone runway (designated by headings 15/33) is 5,000 feet long by 75 feet wide, surfaced with asphalt.

Shelby Air is the airport's full-service fixed base operator (FBO).

Since 1992, the Shelby County Airport has been the home of the Weather Forecast Office Birmingham of the National Weather Service. The service leases a 3-acre site on the airport property across the interstate from its Birmingham Doppler radar site.

In February 2005, Senator Richard Shelby announced $547,000 in funding from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program for runway improvements at Shelby County Airport, including the runway's extension from 4,411 to 5,000 feet.

In September 2006, a fatal airplane crash claimed three lives during the Birmingham Aero Club's Wings and Wheels Air Show.

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