Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field
Scottsboro Municipal Airport, also known as Word Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Scottsboro, a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Alabama, United States of America
- Also known as: “Scottsboro Municipal Airport” and “Word Field”
- Address: 86 Aviation Circle, Scottsboro, AL 35768
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center.
Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center
Museum
The Scottsboro Boys Museum is located at 428 West Willow Street in Scottsboro, Alabama, in the United States. Its focus is on the Scottsboro Boys case, which involved nine young African American men falsely accused in 1931 of raping two white women while hoboing aboard a freight train.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scottsboro and Hollywood.
Scottsboro
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Scottsboro is in the Mountains region of Alabama and is the seat of Jackson County, having enlivened a railroad mode of commerce there. It is a memorial to a seemingly rare instance where civil rights prevailed in the otherwise rather torn history of equality in this country, in a case known as the Scottsboro Boys.
Hollywood
Village
Hollywood is a town in Jackson County, northeast Alabama, United States. In 2020, the census showed a population of 914 residents. Hollywood is considered a suburb of Scottsboro, the county seat.
Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Jackson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.68871° or 34° 41′ 19″ northLongitude
-86.00577° or 86° 0′ 21″ westElevation
640 feet (195 metres)Open location code
866MMXQV+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 482330074OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From French to Tajik—“Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field” goes by many names.
- French: “4A6”
- French: “aérodrome de Scottsboro Muni-Word Field”
- French: “Aérodrome de Scottsboro Muni-Word Field”
- Persian: “فرودگاه شهرستان اسکاتسبورو”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Municipal Scottsboro”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи шаҳристон сктсбру”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ridgedale Baptist Church and New Life Apostolic Church.
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