Haleyville Airport

Arctic Shark returns to the local sky


Pete Carroll, UAS operations lead with ARM Aerial Facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State, left, and Jonathan Stratman, UAS specialist, were special guests at a recent meeting to advise about a drone operation from the Haleyville airport to the Bankhead National Forest to collect weather data.
HALEYVILLE - Residents in the Haleyville area and Bankhead National Forest may report an unidentified flying object hovering in the skies over the next few weeks, but local aviation and city officials assure that it is all part of an ongoing weather data collection project known as Atmospheric Radiation Measurement.

Haleyville to receive $800,000 grant for airport improvements


The pilot's lounge at the Haleyville Municipal Airport is being renovated. Pictured beside the building is the courtesy car that is used by those who fly into the airport.
HALEYVILLE - Renovation work at the pilot’s lounge area at the Haleyville Municipal Airport is currently being done as just the first step ahead of a major overhaul project coming later, thanks to the approval of an $800,000 grant through the Airport Terminal Program, a branch of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program.

Haleyville Airport office to be replaced


Haleyville city officials gather at the Haleyville Municipal Airport to announce a project that will replace the current pilot lounge building, which has fallen into disrepair, with a new building. From left, Bryan Crumpton, airport attendant the past 45 years; Haleyville Street and Sanitation Director Chris Saylor; Director of Public Works Chris Wilbanks; Mayor Dr. Ray Boshell; clerks Christy Harbin and Caroline Thompson and City Council member Brian Berry.
HALEYVILLE

Haleyville Airport to house equipment, host employees, for federal project

HALEYVILLE - The agreement reached between the City of Haleyville and Arctic Shark-- which will soon conduct a drone data collection program through the U.S. Department of Energy--for the use of the Posey Field airport, will hopefully draw some much-needed publicity to the airport, officials said.