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3M8 North Pickens Airport
Reform, Alabama, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 3M8
Lat/Long: 33-23-12.3100N / 088-00-23.6850W
33-23.205167N / 088-00.394750W
33.3867528 / -88.0065792
(estimated)
Elevation: 237 ft. / 72 m (estimated)
Variation: 01W (2000)
From city: 1 mile N of REFORM, AL
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 35481

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1970
Sectional chart: MEMPHIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 01/19 AND TRCV RYS 01 & 19 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
COLUMBUS APPROACH: 135.6
COLUMBUS DEPARTURE: 135.6
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 127.1/269.4 (COLUMBUS RCAG) WHEN COLUMBUS APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LDKr285/24.8CRIMSON VORTAC117.8003E
IGBr099/26.1BIGBEE VORTAC116.2004E
CBMr125/26.5CALEDONIA VORTAC115.2000E
OKWr283/38.9BROOKWOOD VORTAC111.0000E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ALICEVILLE029/18.7254AIV .- .. ...-
FAYETTE206/21.920400EFDF ..-. -.. ..-.

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 1/19

Dimensions: 5144 x 80 ft. / 1568 x 24 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 1  RUNWAY 19
Latitude: 33-22.783833N33-23.626500N
Longitude: 088-00.452333W088-00.337167W
Elevation: 230.4 ft.236.8 ft.
Gradient: 0.1% UP0.1% DOWN
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 008 magnetic, 007 true188 magnetic, 187 true
Displaced threshold: 138 ft.
5006 FT AVBL FOR NIGHT OPNS.
no
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: tri-color VASI on left (6.00 degrees glide path)tri-color VASI on left (5.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 50 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 134 ft. right of centerline
APCH SLOPE 2:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
59 ft. tree, 1563 ft. from runway, 23:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: PICKENS CO CMSN
P.O.BOX 460
CARROLLTON, AL 35447
Phone 205-367-2020
Manager: WILLIAM H. LANG
P.O.BOX 460
CARROLLTON, AL 35447
Phone 205-375-6821
CMSN CHAIRMAN.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 11
Single engine airplanes: 8
Multi engine airplanes: 2
Jet airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 66/week *
74% transient general aviation
26% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 October 2006

Additional Remarks

PAY PHONE OUTSIDE OF HNGR 205-875-6202.

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 8 May 2008 at 0901Z and 5 June 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 19 **CHANGED**   download (288KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KUBS - Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (19 nm W)
M95 - Richard Arthur Field Airport (22 nm NE)
KTCL - Tuscaloosa Regional Airport (22 nm SE)
KCBM - Columbus Air Force Base (27 nm NW)
M55 - Lamar County Airport (28 nm N)
 
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From to 3M8

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2410:24
Sunrise05:5110:51
Sunset19:4500:45
Evening civil twilight20:1301:13

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  17-May-2008 03:35:00
Local (UTC-5)  16-May-2008 22:35:00
 
METAR
KTCL 
22nm SE 
170253Z AUTO 36004KT 8SM CLR 14/12 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161 T01390117 53012
KCBM 
27nm NW 
170255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP163 T01380125 53010 $
KGTR 
28nm W 
170315Z 32003KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3001 RMK AO1
TAF
KTCL 
22nm SE 
162332Z 170024 33008KT P6SM SCT025 BKN040 FM0300 34003KT P6SM SKC TEMPO 0912 3SM BR FM1700 27008KT P6SM SCT050
KCBM 
27nm NW 
162016 33010KT 9999 OVC050 QNH3000INS BECMG 0405 VRB04KT 9999 SKC QNH3000INS BECMG 1314 23007KT 9999 SKC QNH3002INS T20/21Z T09/11Z AMD 2036 LAST NO AMDS AFT 1700 NEXT 1815
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