St. Elmo Airport St Elmo Army Auxiliary Airfield
NAIP aerial image, 2006
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 2R5
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Mobile Airport Authority
Serves	St. Elmo, Alabama
Elevation AMSL	132 ft / 40 m
Coordinates	30°30′07″N 088°16′30″W / 30.50194°N 88.27500°W / 30.50194; -88.27500
Map
2R5 Location of St. Elmo Airport Show map of Alabama 2R5 2R5 (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6/24 3,998 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 20,400 Based aircraft 31
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

St. Elmo Airport (FAA LID: 2R5) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi, 3.7 km) west of the central business district of St. Elmo, in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.^[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

St. Elmo Airport covers an area of 733 acres (297 ha) at an elevation of 132 feet (40 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,998 by 80 feet (1,219 x 24 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 18, 2010, the airport had 20,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 55 per day. At that time there were 31 aircraft based at this airport: 71% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, 3% jet, 3% helicopter and 16% ultralight.^[1]

World War II

During World War II, the airport was used as an auxiliary airfield for the Army contract flying school at Bates Army Airfield in Mobile. The contract flying school operated between 1942 and 1944.