Hartselle–Morgan County Regional Airport

Hartselle–Morgan County Regional Airport is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Hartselle, a city in Morgan County, Alabama, United States. The airport was formerly known as Rountree Field, named in the 1960s for Asa Rountree Sr., a former head of the Alabama Department of Aeronautics.James Embry Stone Jr. was one of the founders and developers of the airport. He and his wife Dorothy Patricia Scott Stone were real estate developers that co-developed two subdivisions in the Hartselle area. He owned a lumber company and saw mill. He was a church deacon. He traveled internationally to Scotland, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Mexico, Argentina, and France. He was a Rotarian governor for Alabama and a Paul Harris Fellow. His older brother William (Bill) Stone lived in nearby town of Decatur and loved to fly planes.This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 and 2009–2013, both of which categorized it as a general aviation facility.Facilities and aircraftHartselle–Morgan County Regional Airport covers an area of 62 acres (25 ha) at an elevation of 628 feet (191 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,599 by 75 feet (1,097 x 23 m).