Jeremiah Denton Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Mobile County | ||||||||||
Serves | Dauphin Island, Alabama | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 5 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 30°15′38″N 088°07′39″W / 30.26056°N 88.12750°W | ||||||||||
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Jeremiah Denton Airport (FAA LID: 4R9), formerly Dauphin Island Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is just northwest of the central business district of Dauphin Island,[1] a town located on a barrier island. The airport is on Mobile Bay, west of the Aloe Bay Channel.[2]
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015[3] and 2009–2013,[4] both of which categorized it as a general aviation facility. In 2017 the airfield was closed for a time to test Navy drone operations. [5]