Selma Auxiliary Field Explained

Selfield Auxiliary Airfield
Operator:United States Army Air Force
Coordinates:32.4389°N -86.9536°W
Pushpin Map:Alabama
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Selma Auxiliary Field
Pushpin Label:Selma AF
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
R1-Number:12/30
R1-Length-F:5,800
R1-Length-M:1,780
R1-Surface:asphalt
R2-Number:18/00
R2-Length-F:4,300
R2-Length-M:1,300
R2-Surface:asphalt
R3-Number:23/05
R3-Length-F:4,140
R3-Length-M:1,260
R3-Surface:asphalt

Selma Auxiliary Field was a United States Army facility located east-northeast of Selma, Alabama. Following its closure, it became Selma Municipal Airport.

History

The airport was built about 1943 as an auxiliary airfield to the Army pilot school at Craig Army Airfield. It was designated Selfield Army Auxiliary Airfield #1, and had three hard-surface runways. The field was said to not have any hangars and was apparently unmanned unless necessary for aircraft recovery.

The field was always closely tied to operations at Craig and served as an auxiliary field for a number of years during World War II with the initiation of Undergraduate Pilot Training for the Air Force though the 1960s. It became a joint use facility in the early 1950s with Delta Airlines operating DC-3 service and later Southern Airways.

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