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5W8 Siler City Municipal Airport
Siler City, North Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 5W8
Lat/Long: 35-42-15.5000N / 079-30-15.0800W
35-42.258333N / 079-30.251333W
35.7043056 / -79.5041889
(estimated)
Elevation: 614 ft. / 187.1 m (surveyed)
Variation: 07W (1990)
From city: 3 miles SW of SILER CITY, NC
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 27344

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1965
Sectional chart: CHARLOTTE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: RDU (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-SAT 0900-1700, ALL SUN 1200-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 04/22 PRESET LOW INTST DUSK-0000; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT AFT 0000 - CTAF. PAPI RYS 04 & 22 OPER CONT.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
GREENSBORO APPROACH: 118.5
GREENSBORO DEPARTURE: 118.5
WX AWOS-3 at HBI (19 nm W): 119.275 (336-626-7933)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LIBr144/8.3LIBERTY VORTAC113.0003W
SDZr011/29.6SANDHILLS VORTAC111.8003W
GSOr135/30.8GREENSBORO VORTAC116.2003W
RDUr258/36.5RALEIGH/DURHAM VORTAC117.2004W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SILER CITY218/4.037107WTOX - --- -..-
CITY LAKE100/17.626608WCQJ -.-. --.- .---
PERSON222/38.222008WHUR .... ..- .-.
POPE324/39.333807WPOB .--. --- -...

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A1+
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 4/22

Dimensions: 5000 x 75 ft. / 1524 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 25.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Gradient: SOUTHWEST.
RUNWAY 4  RUNWAY 22
Latitude: 35-41.915500N35-42.620000N
Longitude: 079-30.504167W079-29.979500W
Elevation: 597.0 ft.614.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.3% UP0.3% DOWN
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 038 magnetic, 031 true218 magnetic, 211 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 33 ft. tree, 676 ft. from runway, 208 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear89 ft. trees, 2066 ft. from runway, 364 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: TOWN OF SILER CITY
PO BOX 769
SILER CITY, NC 27344
Phone 919-742-4731
Manager: CARDINAL AIR
80 AVIATION DR.
SILER CITY, NC 27344
Phone 919-742-3847

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 19
Single engine airplanes: 16
Multi engine airplanes: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 59/day *
77% transient general aviation
19% local general aviation
5% military
* for 12-month period ending 06 August 2009

Additional Remarks

DEER & BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.
ASPH SECTION OF RAMP PAVEMENT STRENGTH IS CONSIDERABLE LESS THAN RY.
AFT HRS FUEL OR SVCS, CALL 919-545-0138 OR 919-619-2707.
100LL AVBL 24 HRS SELF SVC.

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 22   download (192KB)
VOR OR GPS-A   download (164KB)
NDB RWY 22   download (191KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

2A5 - Causey Airport (14 nm NW)
KHBI - Asheboro Regional Airport (19 nm W)
KBUY - Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport (21 nm N)
KTTA - Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport (21 nm E)
KIGX - Horace Williams Airport (25 nm NE)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of 5W8 (Siler City Municipal Airport)
Photo by Don Poitras
Photo taken 29-Oct-2006

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From to 5W8

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 22-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3411:34
Sunrise07:0212:02
Sunset17:0622:06
Evening civil twilight17:3422:34

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  22-Nov-2009 05:52:32
Local (UTC-5)  22-Nov-2009 00:52:32
 
METAR
KHBI 
20nm W 
220541Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 05/02 A3022 RMK AO2
KBUY 
21nm N 
220454Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 04/03 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP219 T00390028 401440022
KTTA 
21nm E 
220521Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 02/01 A3019 RMK AO2
KIGX 
25nm NE 
220456Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 05/04 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP222 T00500039 401390044
KSOP 
30nm S 
220535Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM CLR 03/01 A3017 RMK AO1
KGSO 
32nm NW 
220454Z 00000KT 8SM CLR 05/03 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP224 T00500028 401390050
KVUJ 
36nm SW 
220520Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM CLR 02/02 A3017 RMK AO2
KRDU 
36nm E 
220451Z 00000KT 6SM BR SCT180 BKN250 04/03 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP218 T00440033 401390044
KEXX 
39nm W 
220539Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 03/03 A3019 RMK AO2
TAF
KGSO 
32nm NW 
212339Z 2200/2224 06003KT P6SM BKN180 FM222000 06008KT P6SM SCT030 OVC130
KRDU 
36nm E 
212339Z 2200/2224 04003KT P6SM BKN180 FM222000 06008KT P6SM SCT030 BKN130
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
 Cardinal Air
919-742-3847
919-545-0138
[web site]
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Flight training, Aircraft rental, Aircraft maintenance, Pilot supplies, Rental cars, ...
 
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FS --- $3.50 
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DAYS INN SILER CITY 2.6 54-100
 

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1 in Siler City
6 in Asheboro
 

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