Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (IATA: MSL, ICAO: KMSL, FAA LID: MSL) is a
public airport located one mile (1.6 km) east of the central business district
of Muscle Shoals, a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. The airport
is operated by the counties of Colbert and Lauderdale. It is mostly used for
general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is
subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,166 commercial
passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 6,157 enplanements
in 2005. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for
2007-2011, Northwest Alabama Regional is classified as commercial service -
non-primary because it has between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per
year.