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3S8 Grants Pass Airport
Grants Pass, Oregon, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 3S8
Lat/Long: 42-30-36.4220N / 123-23-16.7620W
42-30.607033N / 123-23.279367W
42.5101172 / -123.3879894
(estimated)
Elevation: 1126 ft. / 343.2 m (surveyed)
Variation: 17E (1995)
From city: 5 miles NW of GRANTS PASS, OR
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 97526

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1959
Sectional chart: KLAMATH FALLS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: SEATTLE CENTER
FSS: MC MINNVILLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: MMV (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1700
Pattern altitude: 2126 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT VASI RY 30 & REIL RY 12 & 30 - CTAF. MIRL RY 12/30 ON CONT.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-2: 122.8 (617-262-3825)
CASCADE APPROACH: 124.3 [0600-2330]
CASCADE DEPARTURE: 124.3 [0600-2330]
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY SEATTLE ARTCC ON FREQS 121.4/254.35 (MEDFORD RCAG) WHEN EUGENE APCH/DEP CTL CLSD. PRIMARY APCH/DEP HRS 0600-2300.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
OEDr256/21.1ROGUE VALLEY VORTAC113.6019E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MEDFORD269/23.635619EMEF -- . ..-.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
24 HR CREDIT CARD FUEL AVBL.
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 12/30

Dimensions: 4001 x 75 ft. / 1220 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 19.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: RY 12/30 BSC MARKINGS, PLUS AIMING POINT MARKINGS.
RUNWAY 12  RUNWAY 30
Latitude: 42-30.864667N42-30.349383N
Longitude: 123-23.556250W123-23.002517W
Elevation: 1094.6 ft.1126.2 ft.
Gradient: 0.8%0.8%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 125 magnetic, 142 true305 magnetic, 322 true
Markings: basic, in fair conditionbasic, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-box VASI on right (4.25 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 55 ft. trees, 1050 ft. from runway, 260 ft. left of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear50 ft. trees, 1440 ft. from runway, 165 ft. left of centerline, 24:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: JOSEPHINE COUNTRY AIRPORTS
1441 BROOKSIDE BLVD.
GRANTS PASS, OR 97526
Phone 541-955-4535
Manager: ALEX GROSSI
1441 BROOKSIDE BLVD.
GRANTS PASS, OR 97526
Phone 541-955-4535

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 162
Single engine airplanes: 140
Multi engine airplanes: 6
Helicopters: 8
Ultralights: 8
    
Aircraft operations: avg 68/day *
72% transient general aviation
26% local general aviation
2% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 22 January 2009

Additional Remarks

VASI RY 30 NOT TO BE USED FOR TURBOJET OPNS.
RY 30 DESIGNATED CALM WIND RY.

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
GPS-A   download (684KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (62KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KMFR - Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport (24 nm E)
KRBG - Roseburg Regional Airport (44 nm N)
KCEC - Jack Mc Namara Field Airport (58 nm SW)
KSIY - Siskiyou County Airport (60 nm SE)
KOTH - Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (66 nm NW)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of 3S8 (Grants Pass Airport)
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Taken in September 2004

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From to 3S8

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 07-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2614:26
Sunrise06:5614:56
Sunset16:5900:59
Evening civil twilight17:2801:28

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  07-Nov-2009 19:05:23
Local (UTC-8)  07-Nov-2009 11:05:23
 
METAR
KSXT 
5nm N 
071856Z AUTO 19008KT M1/4SM FG BKN001 OVC005 03/02 A3008 RMK AO2 RAE48 SLP200 P0000 T00280022 TSNO
TAF
KMFR 
24nm E 
071749Z 0718/0818 00000KT 6SM -SHRA SCT025 BKN040 OVC050 FM072000 00000KT P6SM VCSH BKN050 BKN090 FM072200 29005KT P6SM SCT060 BKN090 FM080300 00000KT P6SM SCT035 OVC060 FM081200 00000KT 3SM BR SCT005 OVC015 FM081700 00000KT P6SM FEW015
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
 Pacific Aviation Northwest, Inc.
UNICOM 122.80
541-479-2230
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[email]
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Aviation Businesses, Services, and Facilities

 Business Name   Contact   Services / Description Comments
Debs Aircraft 541-474-2732
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Grants Pass Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Grants Pass Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into 3S8 have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
LA QUINTA INN & SUITES GRANTS PASS 4.8 115-126
SUPER 8 MOTEL GRANTS PASS OR 4.8 74-87
SHILO INN - GRANTS PASS 4.8 67-99
 

Other hotels near Grants Pass Airport

Miles Price ($)
TRAVELODGE GRANTS PASS 4.7 63-158
COMFORT INN GRANTS PASS 4.8 85-94
SWEET BREEZE INN 5.0 59-99
SUNSET INN 5.2 55-121
BESTWAY INN GRANTS PASS 5.3 50-55

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

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