A small ramp at Hartselle–Morgan County Regional Airport with a long memory — built on Stoney Powell's legacy, and carried forward by the team who trained under him.
About the Airport
A ramp with history
Hartselle's first known landing strip wasn't an airport at all — it was Ryan's Farm, southeast of town. In August 1934, Hartselle Motor Company brought a 14-passenger Ford Tri-Motor out to "Ryan Field" and sold $1 rides to the public; the following year, Birmingham stunt flier Odell Garrison headlined an air show there.
A later field went in where Crestline Elementary School stands today, before the airport settled into its current location — activated in September 1965 and known for years as Rountree Field, honoring Asa Rountree Sr., a former head of the Alabama Department of Aeronautics. In 2007 the FAA approved its current name: Hartselle–Morgan County Regional Airport.
It's a small field with a long memory, and we're glad to call it home. Early history via the Hartselle Historical Society's research on Ryan's Farm.
1965Field Activated
628 ftElevation
3,599 ftRunway 18/36
5M0FAA Identifier
In Loving Memory
Sherman "Stoney" Powell
January 29, 1967 – July 4, 2026
For more than forty years, Stoney lived for aviation — a professional pilot, longtime Manager of Hartselle Airport, and the man behind Blackstone's move into the Magni Gyroplane line. He gave this field its heartbeat, and gave more first flights and first solos than anyone could count.
A devoted husband to Holly for 40 years, and father and grandfather who was just as at home with a guitar in his hands as a yoke. Blackstone Aviation carries his name and his spirit forward — every discovery flight, every lesson, and every hour logged on this ramp is a small continuation of what he started.
Fly high, Stoney. We've got the ramp from here.
Our People
Meet the team
Built on Stoney's legacy of hands-on instruction and hangar-side hospitality — training out of Hartselle (5M0) and Pryor Field Regional (DCU).
Christina Matthews
Tristan Monik
CFI since 2024 · 650+ hours of dual instruction · trained as an apprentice A&P mechanic under Stoney Powell.
Come see the ramp for yourself.
Book a discovery flight or tell us what you're after — we'll take it from there.
In Loving Memory
