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02A Gragg-Wade Field Airport
Clanton, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 02A
Lat/Long: 32-51-01.7400N / 086-36-41.1700W
32-51.029000N / 086-36.686167W
32.8504833 / -86.6114361
(estimated)
Elevation: 585 ft. / 178.3 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01E (1980)
From city: 1 mile E of CLANTON, AL
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 35045

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 03/1940
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1700
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
MONTGOMERY APPROACH: 121.2
MONTGOMERY DEPARTURE: 121.2
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ATLANTA ARTCC ON FREQS 132.25/297.4 (UNIONTOWN RCAG) WHEN MONTGOMERY APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
JYUr033/35.9JUNIOR VOR/DME113.6001W
OKWr126/39.7BROOKWOOD VORTAC111.0000E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
GRAGG-WADEat field33801EGGY --. --. -.--
SYLACAUGA220/24.428403WSCD ... -.-. -..
ALEXANDER CITY268/32.838201WDER -.. . .-.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 4008 x 100 ft. / 1222 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 16.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: MARKINGS FADED.
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 32-50.962333N32-51.095667N
Longitude: 086-37.069667W086-36.302667W
Elevation: 585.0 ft.566.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.4% DOWN0.4% UP
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 077 magnetic, 078 true257 magnetic, 258 true
Displaced threshold: 819 ft.no
Markings: nonprecision, in poor conditionnonprecision, in poor condition
Obstructions: 47 ft. tree, 600 ft. from runway, 78 ft. right of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear
RY 08 APCH RATIO 30:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
39 ft. tree, 816 ft. from runway, 87 ft. right of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CHILTON COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY
700 AIRPORT ROAD
CLANTON, AL 35045
Phone 205-280-3800
Manager: AIRPORT AUTHORITY
700 AIRPORT ROAD
CLANTON, AL 35045
Phone 205-280-3800

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 27
Single engine airplanes: 24
Multi engine airplanes: 2
Helicopters: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 66/day *
95% transient general aviation
5% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 18 December 2008

Additional Remarks

AFTER HRS 205-280-4586.
FUEL 24 HR CREDIT CARD SVC AVBL.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
NDB OR GPS RWY 26 **CHANGED**   download (189KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KEET - Shelby County Airport (21 nm NW)
08A - Wetumpka Municipal Airport (24 nm SE)
KSCD - Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (25 nm NE)
0A8 - Bibb County Airport (25 nm W)
1A9 - Prattville - Grouby Field Airport (25 nm S)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of 02A (Gragg-Wade Field Airport)
Photo by Gary Chambers
Photo taken 25-Feb-2005
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From to 02A

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 07-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4511:45
Sunrise06:1112:11
Sunset16:5022:50
Evening civil twilight17:1623:16

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 03:12:27
Local (UTC-6)  07-Nov-2009 21:12:27
 
METAR
KEET 
22nm NW 
080253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/07 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP239 T01000072 51010
KMXF 
32nm SE 
080255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP240 T01180108 51014
KALX 
32nm E 
080300Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3025 RMK AO1
KMGM 
35nm S 
080253Z 10003KT 10SM CLR 12/10 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP241 T01220100 51014
TAF
KEET 
22nm NW 
072328Z 0800/0824 00000KT P6SM SKC FM081800 09006KT P6SM SKC
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
B&G Flying Service, Inc. 205-755-8913
no information available

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SS 
100LL 
$3.65 
 Updated 11-Aug-2009
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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Hotels near Gragg-Wade Field Airport

Miles Price ($)
GUESTHOUSE INTL CLANTON AL 0.5 61-73
DAYS INN CLANTON, AL 3.7 51-60
SCOTTISH INNS CLANTON 4.1 40-55
BEST WESTERN INN 4.1 68-85
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS CLANTON 4.1 90-94

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Gragg-Wade Field Airport

5 in Clanton
3 in Calera
 

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