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4R4 H L Sonny Callahan Airport
Fairhope, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 4R4
Lat/Long: 30-27-37.8000N / 087-52-37.3000W
30-27.630000N / 087-52.621667W
30.4605000 / -87.8770278
(estimated)
Elevation: 91 ft. / 27.7 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01W (2005)
From city: 3 miles SE of FAIRHOPE, AL
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 36532

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: NEW ORLEANS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: HOUSTON CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0600-2000
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
HIRL RY 01/19 PRESET ON LOW INTST; TO INCR INST AND ACTVT REIL RY 01/19 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
WX AWOS-3: 118.425 (251-928-3242)
MOBILE APPROACH: 118.5
MOBILE DEPARTURE: 118.5
WX ASOS at BFM (14 nm NW): PHONE 251-431-6762
WX AWOS-3 at JKA (15 nm SE): 134.525 (251-968-7581)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY HOUSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 127.65/288.15 (MOBILE RCAG) WHEN APCH ATL ALSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BFMr131/13.0BROOKLEY VORTAC112.8004E
NUNr268/(28.0)SAUFLEY VOR108.8001E
SJIr118/29.6SEMMES VORTAC115.3005E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SUMMERDALE255/8.220402WESU . ... ..-
PICKENS271/36.232601EPKZ .--. -.- --..

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR

Runway Information

Runway 1/19

Dimensions: 6604 x 100 ft. / 2013 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 36.0
Double wheel: 58.0
Runway edge lights: high intensity
RUNWAY 1  RUNWAY 19
Latitude: 30-27.093303N30-28.168032N
Longitude: 087-52.724325W087-52.519475W
Elevation: 86.7 ft.91.1 ft.
Gradient: 0.7%0.7%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 010 magnetic, 009 true190 magnetic, 189 true
Markings: precision, in good conditionprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none24 ft. pole, 1082 ft. from runway, 100 ft. left of centerline, 36:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF FAIRHOPE
PO DRAWER 429
FAIRHOPE, AL 36533
Phone 251-928-2136
Manager: CHARLES R. ZUNK
59 WHITE AVE
FAIRHOPE, AL 36532
Phone 251-929-3966
CHAIRMAN, ARPT BOARD.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 37
Single engine airplanes: 28
Multi engine airplanes: 6
Jet airplanes: 1
Helicopters: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 128/day *
53% transient general aviation
45% local general aviation
2% military
* for 12-month period ending 25 March 2008

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 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 01   download (260KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 19   download (281KB)
VOR/DME-A   download (203KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (28KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

5R4 - Foley Municipal Airport (9 nm E)
KBFM - Mobile Downtown Airport (14 nm NW)
KJKA - Jack Edwards Airport (15 nm SE)
2R5 - St Elmo Airport (21 nm W)
KMOB - Mobile Regional Airport (23 nm NW)
 
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From to 4R4

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0112:01
Sunrise06:2712:27
Sunset16:5022:50
Evening civil twilight17:1623:16

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  25-Nov-2009 17:54:41
Local (UTC-6)  25-Nov-2009 11:54:41
 
METAR
KBFM 
14nm NW 
251653Z 36007KT 10SM CLR 18/11 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP199 T01780106
KJKA 
15nm SE 
251720Z AUTO 30006KT 10SM CLR 22/15 A3008 RMK AO2 T02160150
KMOB 
23nm NW 
251656Z 35009KT 10SM FEW022 SCT250 18/10 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP198 T01780100
TAF
KBFM 
14nm NW 
251217Z 2512/2612 36005KT P6SM BKN013 OVC017 TEMPO 2512/2514 5SM BR SCT017 FM251400 35009KT P6SM SCT025 SCT250 FM260100 33005KT P6SM SKC
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Teledyne-Continental Motors 251-990-5080
no information available

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100LL Jet A
FS $4.59 $4.46 
 Updated 23-Nov-2009
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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 H L Sonny Callahan Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the H L Sonny Callahan 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 4R4 have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS FAIRHOPE 3.7 99-104
KEY WEST INN FAIRHOPE AL 4.0 70-93
 

Other hotels near H L Sonny Callahan Airport

Miles Price ($)
MARRIOTT GRAND HOTEL 3.7 199-269
BARONS BY THE BAY INN FAIRHOPE 4.4 110-120
HAMPTON INN FAIRHOPE 4.6 123-174

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

Hotels in other cities near H L Sonny Callahan Airport

9 in Foley
28 in Gulf Shores
54 in Mobile
 

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