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5R7 · Roy E. Ray Airport

FAA-LID · US · 9 NTSB events

ID 5R7 Elev 80 ft Lat 30° 27.26' N Lon 88° 12.67' W Zulu …

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 2,000 ft. Max gradient: 0.55%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
18 — 2,000 ft 150 ft TURF-G No 0.55%
36 — 2,000 ft 150 ft TURF-G No 0.55%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 4 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (4 sentences)
  • ·FOR CD CTC MOBILE APCH AT 251-662-6236, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC HOUSTON ARTCC AT 281-230-5622.
  • ·ARPT CURRENTLY UNLICENSED BY STATE OF ALABAMA.
  • ·FOR ARPT ATTENDANT CALL 251-591-6985 RWY 18/36 MKD WITH FRANGIBLE PVC PIPE AND WHITE PLASTIC MATS.
  • ·VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS ONLY.

Field profile

Wikipedia

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Roy E. Ray Airport is a privately owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Bayou La Batre, a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Private

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

9 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

9

since 1982

Fatal

1

11.1% of total

Last 5 years

1

≈ 0.2/yr

Last 10 years

2

≈ 0.2/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Last 10 years · n=2

  • Ground collision 1
  • Other 1

All time · n=9

  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Other 2
  • Hard landing 1
  • Undershoot / overshoot 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Ground collision 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2025-12-13 AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8KCAB · Other · day →
2018-05-05 Yakovlev YAK 52 · Ground collision · day →
2012-01-19 M-SQUARED AIRCRAFT BREESE 2 · Other · VMC · day →
2002-09-29 Piper PA-28R-200 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2002-03-24 Beech C-24R · CFIT · VMC · day →
2002-01-13 Consolidated-Vultee 108-M · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2000-09-03 Eugene L. Capozzi VAN RV-6A · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1996-04-21 RANS S6ES · Under/overshoot · VMC · day →
1996-01-14 Cessna 310C · Hard landing · day →

Designees in AL

CFI Flight Instructors 1,090 A&P Mechanics 6,369 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 38 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 8 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 4 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 5 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 4 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 8 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 28 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 3 Schools Flight Schools 29 FBO Fixed Base Operators 50 Clubs Flying Clubs 11 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 5 EAA EAA Chapters 9

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Zachary James Loren Mcneill Fairhope AL 18 nm
Douglas Dobson Pensacola FL 53 nm
Joseph Francis Cerwin Pensacola FL 53 nm
Lamar Anthony Childs Pensacola FL 53 nm
Rogers Alden Porter Pensacola FL 53 nm
Dennis Allan Sherwood Milton FL 61 nm
Desiree Deann Strong Kiln MS 63 nm
Fernando Emilio Daleccio Fort Walton Beach FL 82 nm
Michael Gilbert Percy Fort Walton Beach FL 82 nm
Stanley Joe Burks Moselle MS 84 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Robert Hillery Grice Irvington AL 2 nm
Phillip Marion Grice Irvington AL 2 nm
Sanjiv Devadas Birsen Irvington AL 2 nm
Benjamin Adam Rumbley Theodore AL 5 nm
James Patrick Sedberry Grand Bay AL 7 nm
Joshua Gregory Collins Grand Bay AL 7 nm
David Gene Kenning Mobile AL 14 nm
Samuel Walter Porter Mobile AL 14 nm
Eric Lynn Savadra Mobile AL 14 nm
William Stephen Wiggins Jr Mobile AL 14 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Robert Lantz Pohlman Irvington AL 2 nm
William Allen Ross Irvington AL 2 nm
Mark Gerard Voss Irvington AL 2 nm
Phillip Marion Grice Irvington AL 2 nm
Kevin Wayne Williams Irvington AL 2 nm
Sanjiv Devadas Birsen Irvington AL 2 nm
William Clyde Blackwood Irvington AL 2 nm
Arthur Chester Loewen Jr Irvington AL 2 nm
Bruce Sopha Irvington AL 2 nm
Ronald Todd Bryant Irvington AL 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Continental Services
Fairhope, AL
 17 nm
SkyWarrior Aircraft Maintenance
Pensacola, FL
 53 nm
Auric Avionics & Instruments
New Orleans, LA
 97 nm
Monarch Aviation, Inc.
Defuniak Springs, FL
 108 nm
Sunset Eagle
Panama City, FL
 125 nm
RealClean Aircraft Detailing
New Orleans, LA
 143 nm
Davis Aircraft, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA
 153 nm
Patterson Avionics, Inc.
Patterson, LA
 168 nm
Centric MX
Apalachicola, FL
 171 nm
The Aircraft Maintenance Company
Bessemer, AL
 184 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.