South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport
South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport, located in Andalusia/Opp, AL.
Airport guide
South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport (K79J) is a medium airport in Andalusia/Opp, AL. It sits in North America.
South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,000-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 6,000 ft (1,829 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.
South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport sits near sea level at 310 ft.
Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess inventory for K79J updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.
Regional fields like K79J are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.
Background from Wikipedia
South Alabama Regional Airport at Bill Benton Field, formerly known as Andalusia-Opp Airport, is a public use airport in Covington County, Alabama, United States. It is located four nautical miles east of the central business district of Andalusia and about 9 miles (14 km) west of Opp. The airport is governed by the South Alabama Regional Airport Authority, with members appointed by the Andalusia City Council, the Opp Council, and the Covington County Commission.
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