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9A6 Chester Catawba Regional Airport
Chester, South Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 9A6
Lat/Long: 34-47-21.6000N / 081-11-44.8000W
34-47.360000N / 081-11.746667W
34.7893333 / -81.1957778
(estimated)
Elevation: 656 ft. / 199.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 06W (2000)
From city: 5 miles N of CHESTER, SC
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 29706

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 12/1943
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: AND (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0900-1800, ALL SAT 0800-2000, ALL SUN 1300-2000
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 17/35 AND PAPI RYS 17 & 35 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX AWOS-3: 120.975 (803-385-2011)
CHARLOTTE APPROACH: 120.05
CHARLOTTE DEPARTURE: 120.05
WX ASOS at UZA (14 nm NE): 120.775 (803-981-9388)
WX AWOS-3 at LKR (17 nm E): 120.825 (803-286-6444)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
FMLr227/16.9FORT MILL VORTAC112.4002W
CLTr212/26.9CHARLOTTE VOR/DME115.0005W
SPAr114/38.9SPARTANBURG VORTAC115.7002W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CHESTERat field22006WDCM -.. -.-. --
RALLY228/8.322705WUZ ..- --..
LANCASTER290/17.140007WLKR .-.. -.- .-.
UNION COUNTY078/22.932604WUOT ..- --- -
STONIA190/24.226006WGHJ --. .... .---
WESLEY254/26.120406WTWL - .-- .-..
WINNSBORO357/28.841405WFDW ..-. -.. .--
FIRST RIVER151/34.141706WSLP ... .-.. .--.
ENOREE042/36.027805WEOE . --- .
FAIRMONT105/39.424805WFRT ..-. .-. -

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Double wheel: 44.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 34-47.817833N34-47.011567N
Longitude: 081-12.023717W081-11.816717W
Elevation: 656.2 ft.635.7 ft.
Gradient: 1.4%1.4%
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 174 magnetic, 168 true354 magnetic, 348 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.10 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 32 ft. tree, 771 ft. from runway, 78 ft. left of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear51 ft. tree, 1378 ft. from runway, 302 ft. right of centerline, 23:1 slope to clear

Runway 5/23

Dimensions: 4998 x 100 ft. / 1523 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in poor condition
RWY 05/23 SEVERELY AGED AND CRACKED. GRASS BEGINNING TO GROW THROUGH CRACKS.
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 4.0
Double wheel: 12.0
Runway edge markings: MARKINGS FADED.
MARKINGS FADED.
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Latitude: 34-47.064733N34-47.542283N
Longitude: 081-11.979333W081-11.165600W
Elevation: 641.7 ft.620.3 ft.
Gradient: 0.4%0.4%
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 061 magnetic, 055 true241 magnetic, 235 true
Markings: basic, in poor conditionbasic, in poor condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 92 ft. tree, 1275 ft. from runway, 217 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear16 ft. trees, 230 ft. from runway, 52 ft. left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: COUNTY OF CHESTER
100 WEST END ST
CHESTER, SC 29706
Phone 803-385-5133
Manager: WINSTON "BUTCH" CHURCH
PO BOX 185A, PIPER DR.
CHESTER, SC 29706
Phone 803-385-6664
FOR FUEL OR ANY SERVICE AFTER HRS. CALL 803/519-7009.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 26
Single engine airplanes: 23
Multi engine airplanes: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 23/day *
71% local general aviation
29% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 10 August 2007

Additional Remarks

E67 NAVD88

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 8 May 2008 at 0901Z and 5 June 2008 at 0900Z.
 
STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals
CHESTERFIELD THREE   download (376KB)
MAJIC NINE   download (334KB)
SHINE FIVE   download (323KB)
UNARM ONE   download (304KB)
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 17 **CHANGED**   download (170KB)
GPS RWY 35 **CHANGED**   download (171KB)
NDB RWY 35 **CHANGED**   download (205KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KUZA - Rock Hill (York Co) Airport-Bryant Field (14 nm NE)
KLKR - Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field Airport (17 nm E)
N52 - JAARS-Townsend Airport (23 nm E)
35A - Union County Airport, Troy Shelton Field (23 nm W)
KAKH - Gastonia Municipal Airport (25 nm N)
  
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From to 9A6

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 11-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:5709:57
Sunrise06:2510:25
Sunset20:1700:17
Evening civil twilight20:4500:45

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  12-May-2008 01:33:17
Local (UTC-4)  11-May-2008 21:33:17
 
METAR
KUZA 
14nm NE 		120054Z AUTO 29011G18KT 10SM BKN075 BKN100 21/06 A2946 RMK AO2 PK WND 26026/0006 SLP970 T02060061
KAKH 
25nm N 		120054Z AUTO 31008G14KT 270V360 10SM FEW080 OVC095 19/07 A2946 RMK AO2 SLP971 T01940067
TAF
KCLT 
28nm NE 		112334Z 120024 26020G30KT P6SM VCSH BKN050 FM0400 28012KT P6SM BKN040 FM1300 31018G28KT P6SM SCT060
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Chester County Airport 803-385-6664
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FS 
 100LL 
$5.10 
Jet A 
$4.90 
 Updated 25-Apr-2008
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