FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 MARCH 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | 48A |
Lat/Long: | 32-24-02.3690N 083-16-42.2630W 32-24.039483N 083-16.704383W 32.4006581,-83.2784064 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 377.4 ft. / 115.0 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 03W (1985) |
From city: | 4 miles E of COCHRAN, GA |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 31014 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 05/1941 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | ATLANTA CENTER |
FSS: | MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | MCN (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-SAT 0800-1200 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | MIRL RWY 11/29 PRESET LOW DAWN-0800, DUSK-2100; TO ACTVT OR INCRS INTST - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3PT: | 120.975 (478-271-5897) |
ATLANTA APPROACH: | 124.2 [0645-2300] |
ATLANTA DEPARTURE: | 124.2 [0645-2300] |
WX AWOS-3 at EZM (13 nm SE): | 119.425 (478-374-9979) |
WX AWOS-3 at DBN (18 nm NE): | 118.425 (478-277-9051) |
- ATLANTA LARGE TRACON PROVIDES APCH/DEP SVC 0615-2300 ON FREQ 124.2/279.6; ATLANTA ARTCC PROVIDES APCH/DEP SVC 2300-0615 ON FREQS 134.5/360.75 (MACON RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
VNAr044/15.8 | | VIENNA VORTAC | | 116.50 | | 01E |
DBNr252/24.7 | | DUBLIN VORTAC | | 113.10 | | 05W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
EASTMAN | | 343/17.3 | | 366 | | 04W | | EZM | . --.. -- |
CONEY | | 057/38.2 | | 400 | | 06W | | OHY | --- .... -.-- |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL 100LL:24HR FUEL SELF SERV W/MAJOR CREDIT CARD. |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 11/29
Dimensions: | 4400 x 75 ft. / 1341 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 11 | | RUNWAY 29 |
Latitude: | 32-24.184432N | | 32-24.008352N |
Longitude: | 083-17.227708W | | 083-16.397957W |
Elevation: | 377.4 ft. | | 333.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 107 magnetic, 104 true | | 287 magnetic, 284 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.25 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 67 ft. trees, 1359 ft. from runway, 405 ft. left of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear | | 68 ft. trees, 2363 ft. from runway, 415 ft. left of centerline, 31:1 slope to clear |
Runway 5/23
Dimensions: | 3202 x 50 ft. / 976 x 15 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in poor condition RWY 05/23 PAVEMENT IN POOR COND. |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Operational restrictions: | RWY 5/23 IS DAYLIGHT USE ONLY. |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
Latitude: | 32-23.778307N | | 32-24.144202N |
Longitude: | 083-16.779688W | | 083-16.330992W |
Elevation: | 324.2 ft. | | 332.5 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 049 magnetic, 046 true | | 229 magnetic, 226 true |
Displaced threshold: | no | | 140 ft. |
Declared distances: | | | TORA:3202 TODA:3202 ASDA:3202 LDA:3062 |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 44 ft. trees, 720 ft. from runway, 88 ft. right of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear | | 40 ft. trees, 1143 ft. from runway, 27 ft. left of centerline, 23:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF COCHRAN CITY HALL, PO BOX 8 COCHRAN, GA 31014 Phone 478-934-6346 |
Manager: | JIM WASHBURN 829 GA HWY 126 COCHRAN, GA 31014 Phone 478-291-6582 ALT PHONE 478-230-7843 |
Additional Remarks
- | NON STD TURNAROUNDS, INADEQUATE SEPARATION RUNWAY 05/23. |
- | FOR CD CTC ATLANTA APCH AT 678-364-6132, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC ATLANTA ARTCC AT 770-210-7692. |
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 from 20 March 2025 at 0901Z to 17 April 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 11 | |
download (211KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 29 | |
download (208KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (155KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (504KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KEZM - Heart of Georgia Regional Airport (13 nm SE)
KDBN - W H 'Bud' Barron Airport (18 nm NE)
KWRB - Robins Air Force Base (21 nm NW)
KPXE - Perry-Houston County Airport (26 nm W)
KMCN - Middle Georgia Regional Airport (26 nm NW)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Taken in the Summer of 2013
looking northeast.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 09-Apr-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:47 | | 10:47 |
Sunrise | | 07:12 | | 11:12 |
Sunset | | 19:57 | | 23:57 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:22 | | 00:22 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 09-Apr-2025 18:19:31 |
Local (UTC-4) | 09-Apr-2025 14:19:31 |
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METAR |
K48A | 091755Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 20/07 A3015 RMK AO2 T02000066 10202 20056
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KEZM 13nm SE | 091715Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 20/06 A3018 RMK AO2
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KDBN 18nm NE | 091755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT047 20/10 A3016 RMK AO2 T01960098 10199 20075 58012 $
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TAF |
KWRB 20nm NW | 091600Z 0916/1022 10009KT 9999 FEW050 QNH3017INS BECMG 1005/1006 15006KT 9999 BKN035 QNH3018INS BECMG 1014/1015 19006KT 9999 SCT020 BKN040 QNH3019INS BECMG 1017/1018 22009KT 9999 SCT025 QNH3013INS TX21/1016Z TN11/1011Z
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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