Craig Field (airport)

Craig Field
NAIP image 2006
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCraig Field Airport & Industrial Authority
ServesSelma, Alabama
Elevation AMSL166 ft / 51 m
Coordinates32°20′38″N 086°59′16″W / 32.34389°N 86.98778°W / 32.34389; -86.98778
Websitewww.CraigComplex.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 8,002 2,439 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations38,550
Based aircraft8

Craig Field (IATA: SEM, ICAO: KSEM, FAA LID: SEM) is a public airport four miles southeast of Selma, in Dallas County, Alabama. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. It was previously Craig Air Force Base, an Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) base with T-37 Tweet and T-38 Talon aircraft operated by the 29th Flying Training Wing of the U.S. Air Force. Craig AFB was closed in 1977 as part of reduced defense spending and a concurrent post-Vietnam War reduction in force.