There's an old saying to the effect that if you know something about a subject of a newspaper article, you can detect at least one falsehood in it. In this instance, I am doubtful about the Bessemer airport being in a "rural area" unless it was relocated. Bessemer is a densely-populated city right next to Birmingham (the airport in the latter city could be 20 miles away from Bessemer since I think it is northeast of the city itself).
I write all this since the article gives the impression that Bessemer is located in a rural area. It is not.
A lot of development has occurred out there, but the airport is in an area that's still pretty bucolic (relatively speaking).