Craig Field covers at an
elevation of 166 feet (51 m). Its single operational runway, Rwy 15/33, is 8,002 by 150 feet (2,439 x 46 m) asphalt/concrete. In the year ending November 2, 2009, the airport had 38,550 aircraft operations, an average 105 per day: 89%
general aviation, 10% military, and 1%
air taxi. Eight single-engine aircraft were then based at the airport. The former military family housing was sold to individual owners shortly after base closure and has decayed compared to its previous military occupants. Multiple civilian government and corporate tenants have taken up residency. The former on-base elementary school continues as the civilian-run Craig Elementary, and the former base golf course continues as the Craig Golf Course and Driving Range. The former
Alabama Highway Patrol (AHP) training academy and its headquarters for AHP's F Troop at Craig, is now used by Advanced ATC to train upcoming air traffic controllers via the FAA's new CTO-P program. In 2015,
Marine One used Craig Field when President Barack Obama visited Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge. Several years later, during Kamala Harris's presidential campaign, she flew into Craig Field and visited local businesses. Craig Field has never have had airline service; Selma's previous airport,
Selma Municipal Airport saw commercial service with
Delta Air Lines, then
Southern Airways, from 1952 to 1963. When Craig AFB was closed as an active USAF installation, it became the city's airport and Selma Municipal Airport was closed. ==See also==