FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | 7W6 |
| Lat/Long: | 35-33-44.6130N / 075-57-18.6630W
35-33.743550N / 075-57.311050W
35.5623925 / -75.9551842
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 8 ft. / 2.4 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 09W (1985) |
| From city: | 7 miles N of ENGELHARD, NC |
| Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 27824 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 01/1981 |
| Sectional chart: | CHARLOTTE |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | WASHINGTON CENTER |
| FSS: | RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | RDU (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Pattern altitude: | 808 ft. MSL |
| Wind indicator: | lighted, WIND INDICATOR LGTS OTS INDEFLY. |
| Segmented circle: | yes
SEGMENTED CIRCLE DOES NOT SHOW RIGHT TFC FOR RY 11; NO RIGHT-TURN INDICATOR. |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29 AND PAPI RYS 11 & 29 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| RBXr218/24.9 | | WRIGHT BROTHERS VOR/DME | | 111.60 | | 08W |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| MANTEO | | 220/24.7 | | 370 | | 09W | | MQI | -- --.- .. |
Airport Services
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 11/29
| Dimensions: | 4700 x 100 ft. / 1433 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 30.0 | | Double wheel: | 43.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 11 | | RUNWAY 29 |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Obstructions: | 9 ft. tree, 264 ft. from runway, 119 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear | | 36 ft. tree, 1974 ft. from runway, 103 ft. right of centerline, 49:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | HYDE COUNTY
PO BOX 188
SWAN QUARTER, NC 27885
Phone 252-926-5711 |
| Manager: | KEVIN HOWARD
PO BOX 188
SWAN QUARTER, NC 27885
Phone 252-926-4178
HYDE COUNTY MANAGER. |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: avg 78/week * | | 62% | transient general aviation | | 25% | local general aviation | | 12% | military | | 1% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 16 August 2006 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | R5314 5 MILES NORTH OF ARPT AND R5313 5 MILES EAST HAVE HEAVY CONCENTRATIONS OF MILITARY ACFT WITHIN 1000' AGL AND IN EXCESS OF 500 KNOTS. MANUEVERING FOR LANDING AND AFTER TAKEOFF SHOULD REMAIN OVER LAND EAST OF ARPT. |
| - | DROP OFF DUE TO EROSION NEAR EDGES OF RY AND PARKING RAMP. |
| - | DEER & BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at 7W6.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KMQI - Dare County Regional Airport (25 nm NE)
KHSE - Billy Mitchell Airport (26 nm SE)
W95 - Ocracoke Island Airport (28 nm S)
KEDE - Northeastern Regional Airport (41 nm NW)
KPMZ - Plymouth Municipal Airport (42 nm W)
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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Times for 11-Oct-2008
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:43 | | 10:43 |
| Sunrise | | 07:09 | | 11:09 |
| Sunset | | 18:32 | | 22:32 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:58 | | 22:58 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 12-Oct-2008 03:13:53 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 11-Oct-2008 23:13:53 |
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| METAR |
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KMQI
25nm NE | 120302Z AUTO 04013KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3035 RMK AO2
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KHSE
26nm SE | 120251Z AUTO 05009G16KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP260 60000 T02110183 53004 TSNO
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KFFA
31nm NE | 120300Z AUTO 05008G14KT 011V101 10SM CLR 21/17 A3035 RMK AO2
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KEDE
40nm NW | 120301Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3037 RMK AO2
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KECG
44nm N | 120254Z AUTO 04012KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP283 T01890161 51009
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KECG
44nm N | 112331Z 120024 04012KT P6SM FEW030 BKN250 FM0400 03010KT 6SM BR FEW020 BKN250 FM1200 04012G20KT P6SM FEW025 SCT250 FM1600 05014G22KT P6SM SCT030
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