Bonham Airport

Industrial expansion. The airport was located on land belonging to the Port of Birmingham. As the port's operations grew, the land occupied by the small, private airfield became more valuable for industrial purposes, specifically for the storage of bulk materials and logistical support for the port.

The site has been completely absorbed into the Port of Birmingham's industrial complex. Current satellite imagery shows the former runway area is now used for the open-air storage of bulk materials like coal and aggregates, equipment staging, and other port-related logistical activities. While the faint, straight outline of the former runway can still be discerned, it is fully integrated into the industrial yard and crisscrossed by service roads and conveyor systems.

The airport, more commonly known as Port Birmingham Airport (FAA LID: AL18), was a private general aviation airfield. It was established sometime between 1954 and 1964 to serve the adjacent Port of Birmingham, a major inland waterway terminal on the Black Warrior River. The airfield featured a single unpaved/turf runway approximately 3,000 feet long. Its primary function was to support business operations of the port and surrounding industries, handling small corporate and private aircraft for executives, clients, and time-sensitive logistics. It was never a public-use or commercial airport.

Zero. There are no plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land has been fundamentally repurposed for heavy industrial use that is critical to the ongoing operations of the Port of Birmingham, making its conversion back to an airfield economically and logistically infeasible.