FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 15 MAY 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: | 65 ft. trees, 1585 ft. from runway, 398 ft. left of centerline, 21:1 slope to clear | | 68 ft. trees, 2363 ft. from runway, 415 ft. right 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 15 May 2025 at 0901Z to 13 June 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 11 | |
download (211KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 29 | |
download (209KB) |
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 15-May-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:09 | | 10:09 |
Sunrise | | 06:36 | | 10:36 |
Sunset | | 20:23 | | 00:23 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:50 | | 00:50 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 15-May-2025 17:29:53 |
Local (UTC-4) | 15-May-2025 13:29:53 |
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METAR |
K48A | 151715Z AUTO 25009KT 210V280 10SM CLR 28/19 A2998 RMK AO2 T02820193
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KEZM 13nm SE | 151715Z AUTO 24010G14KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A3000 RMK AO2
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KDBN 18nm NE | 151715Z AUTO 22007KT 190V270 10SM SCT250 28/21 A2997 RMK AO2 T02840211 $
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TAF |
KWRB 20nm NW | 151600Z 1516/1622 26010G15KT 9999 FEW035 SCT150 QNH2995INS TEMPO 1516/1521 26010G20KT 510102 BECMG 1520/1521 24010G15KT 9999 SCT050 BKN200 QNH2990INS TEMPO 1521/1524 25010G20KT 510102 BECMG 1600/1601 23008KT 9999 FEW050 SCT200 510102 QNH2989INS BECMG 1610/1611 24012KT 9999 SCT010 BKN018 QNH2992INS BECMG 1613/1615 26010G15KT 9999 SCT025 BKN150 QNH2999INS TX31/1519Z TN21/1610Z
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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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