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3Y2 George L Scott Municipal Airport
West Union, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 3Y2
Lat/Long: 42-59-06.3210N / 091-47-26.1750W
42-59.105350N / 091-47.436250W
42.9850892 / -91.7906042
(estimated)
Elevation: 1232 ft. / 375.5 m (surveyed)
Variation: 02E (1985)
From city: 1 mile NE of WEST UNION, IA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 52175

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1964
Sectional chart: CHICAGO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: FOD (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT PAPI RYS 17 & 35 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3 at DEH (18 nm N): 120.925 (563-382-2990)
WX AWOS-3 at OLZ (20 nm SW): 119.675 (319-283-3518)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNAEPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQ 118.85 (LA CROSSE RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
UKNr207/20.9WAUKON VORTAC116.6005E
ALOr040/37.1WATERLOO VORTAC112.2006E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
WEST UNION350/2.527802EXWY -..- .-- -.--
DECORAH187/17.623601EDEH -.. . ....
OELWEIN022/19.826002EOLZ --- .-.. --..
CRESCO145/27.329302ECJJ -.-. .--- .---
WAPSIE010/32.720602EIIB .. .. -...
CHARLES CITY095/36.237503ECCY -.-. -.-. -.--
CALEDONIA197/38.420903ECHU -.-. .... ..-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
FOR FUEL CALL 563-422-5842 OR 563-422-3966. NO CREDIT CARDS.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 4248 x 50 ft. / 1295 x 15 m
Surface: concrete, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 21.0
Double wheel: 21.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 42-59.451917N42-58.758317N
Longitude: 091-47.496850W091-47.375983W
Elevation: 1232.0 ft.1195.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 171 magnetic, 173 true351 magnetic, 353 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
RY 17 PAPI NSTD; KEY CTAF 5 TIMES.
2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
RY 35 PAPI NSTD; KEY CTAF 5 TIMES.
Obstructions: 39 ft. tree, 924 ft. from runway, 162 ft. right of centerline, 18:1 slope to clearnone

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF WEST UNION
P.O. BOX 151
WEST UNION, IA 52175-0151
Phone 563-422-5842
Manager: DALE HALVERSON
10184 240TH STREET
WEST UNION, IA 52175
Phone 563-422-7267
AFT HRS CALL 563-422-3966.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 6
Single engine airplanes: 6
    
Aircraft operations: avg 48/week *
61% transient general aviation
39% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 19 August 2005

Additional Remarks

DROP OFF WITHIN RY SAFETY AREA E OF RY 17/35 APRXLY 1500 FT FM RY END.
JEFF MILLER CHMN ARPT CMSN.

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 3 July 2008 at 0901Z and 31 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 17   download (180KB)
GPS RWY 35   download (196KB)
VOR/DME OR GPS-A   download (175KB)
NDB RWY 35   download (208KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (29KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KDEH - Decorah Municipal Airport (18 nm N)
KOLZ - Oelwein Municipal Airport (20 nm SW)
KCJJ - Ellen Church Field Airport (27 nm NW)
KPDC - Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport (29 nm E)
KIIB - Independence Municipal Airport (33 nm S)
 
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From to 3Y2

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 24-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:1910:19
Sunrise05:5210:52
Sunset20:3501:35
Evening civil twilight21:0802:08

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  24-Jul-2008 07:25:18
Local (UTC-5)  24-Jul-2008 02:25:18
 
METAR
KDEH 
17nm N 
240655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A3013 RMK AO2
KOLZ 
21nm S 
240655Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM SCT050 18/15 A3011 RMK AO2
KPDC 
30nm E 
240655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/14 A3010 RMK AO2
TAF
KALO 
37nm SW 
240520Z 240606 15008KT P6SM VCSH BKN100 FM0900 15005KT P6SM BKN090 FM1600 15008KT P6SM SCT020 BKN050 FM2100 16012KT P6SM BKN025
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