Pryor Field Regional Airport in Alabama in USA
Address: 22511 Stearman Way, Tanner, AL 35671, United States
Phone: +1 256-355-5770
IATA Code: DCU
ICAO Code: KDCU
FAA LID: DCU
Elevation: 180 m
Serves: Decatur
Airport type: Public
Owner: Decatur/Athens Airport Authority
Serves: Decatur, Alabama
Elevation AMSL: 592 ft / 180 m
Coordinates: 34°39′15″N 86°56′43″W
Pryor Field Regional Airport (IATA: DCU, ICAO: KDCU, FAA LID: DCU), named for Schyler Pryor, a Southern Aviation Training School (SATS) instructor who was killed in a midair collision in February 1944, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Decatur and south of Athens, in Limestone County, Alabama, United States. It is owned by Decatur/Athens Airport Authority.
Situated next to Calhoun Community College, the airport serves the western portion of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area and most of the Decatur Metropolitan Area. Pryor Field is currently the busiest regional airport in Alabama.
Facilities and aircraft
Pryor Field Regional Airport covers an area of 200 acres (81 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (18/36) measuring 6,107 x 100 ft (1,861 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending May 3, 2006, the airport had 167,701 aircraft operations, an average of 459 per day: 91% general aviation, 7% military and 2% air taxi. There are 144 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single engine, 14% multi-engine, 3% jet aircraft, 3% helicopters and 1% gliders.
The Pryor Field Regional Airport receives $30,000 annually each from the cities of Athens and Decatur and from the county commissions of Morgan and Limestone.
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