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KBIV Tulip City Airport
Holland, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: BIV
Lat/Long: 42-44-34.0000N / 086-06-28.2000W
42-44.566667N / 086-06.470000W
42.7427778 / -86.1078333
(estimated)
Elevation: 698 ft. / 212.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04W (1995)
From city: 2 miles S of HOLLAND, MI
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 49423

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 03/1947
Sectional chart: CHICAGO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CHICAGO CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: BIV (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0600-2200, ALL SAT-SUN 0700-2100
FOR ARPT ATTENDANT OTHER HRS & DURG EMERG CALL 616-392-7831
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
HIRL RY 08/26 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT MALSR RY 26; REIL RY 08; PAPI RYS 08 & 26 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee: yes, LNDG FEE WAIVED WITH MIN FUEL PURCHASE.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.05
WX ASOS: 119.025 (616-394-0190)
MUSKEGON APPROACH: 119.8
MUSKEGON DEPARTURE: 119.8
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 123.95
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 128.5/269.6 (PULLMAN RCAG) WHEN MUSKEGON APCH CTL CLOSED.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
PMMr360/16.6PULLMAN VOR/DME112.1000E
MKGr188/25.8MUSKEGON VORTAC115.2001W
GRRr268/27.0GRAND RAPIDS VOR/DME115.9504W
ELXr001/35.9KEELER VOR/DME116.6000E
AZOr322/39.0KALAMAZOO VOR/DME109.0001W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
HOLLAND149/3.923303WHLM .... .-.. --

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: HIGH/LOW

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 6002 x 100 ft. / 1829 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 75.0
Double wheel: 160.0
Double tandem: 175.0
Runway edge lights: high intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 42-44.478777N42-44.655228N
Longitude: 086-07.129177W086-05.810233W
Elevation: 697.9 ft.685.8 ft.
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 084 magnetic, 080 true264 magnetic, 260 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)
Approach lights: MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: ILS/DME
Obstructions: none43 ft. trees, 1662 ft. from runway, 275 ft. right of centerline, 34:1 slope to clear
ALSO + 20 FT RR, 1100 FT DSTC, 0 FT BOTH, APCH RATIO 45:1.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF HOLLAND
270 S. RIVER AVE
HOLLAND, MI 49423
Phone 616-394-1380
Manager: RON LUDEMA
1581 S. WASHINGTON AVE
HOLLAND, MI 49423
Phone 616-392-7831

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 51
Single engine airplanes: 31
Multi engine airplanes: 9
Jet airplanes: 10
Helicopters: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 144/day *
50% local general aviation
42% transient general aviation
8% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2008

Additional Remarks

DEER & BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.

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
ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 26   download (294KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08   download (218KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26   download (274KB)
VOR-A   download (178KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply **NEW**   download (26KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (48KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

35D - Padgham Field Airport (18 nm SE)
3GM - Grand Haven Memorial Airpark (18 nm N)
KLWA - South Haven Area Regional Airport (24 nm S)
KMKG - Muskegon County Airport (26 nm N)
KGRR - Gerald R. Ford International Airport (27 nm E)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KBIV (Tulip City Airport)
Photo by Rachel Marlin
Photo taken 09-Nov-2005

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From to KBIV

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 05-Dec-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:2912:29
Sunrise08:0013:00
Sunset17:1022:10
Evening civil twilight17:4222:42

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Dec-2009 13:10:27
Local (UTC-5)  05-Dec-2009 08:10:27
 
METAR
KBIV 051253Z AUTO 17008KT 8SM OVC040 M04/M08 A3012 RMK AO2 UPB1155E15 SLP210 P0000 T10391083
TAF
KMKG 
26nm N 
051129Z 0512/0612 24012G18KT 6SM -SHSN OVC035 FM060000 22006KT P6SM BKN035
KGRR 
27nm E 
051129Z 0512/0612 22009KT 6SM -SHSN OVC035 FM060000 21006KT P6SM BKN035
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Tulip City Air Service, Inc. 616-392-7831
800-748-0515
[web site]
[email]
Airport management, Aviation fuel, Oxygen service, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Hangar leasing / sales, GPU / Power cart, ...
 
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100LL Jet A
FS $4.55 $4.54 
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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 Tulip City Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Tulip City 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 KBIV have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
HAMPTON INN HOLLAND MI 5.4 129-254
DOUBLETREE HOLLAND 2.7 94-265
 

Other hotels near Tulip City Airport

Miles Price ($)
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT HOLLAND 1.6 149-159
COMFORT INN HOLLAND 2.0 70-71
DAYS INN MOTEL HOLLAND 2.2 67-139
AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN 2.7 63-129
KNIGHTS INN HOLLAND 3.0 33-80
ECONO LODGE HOLLAND 3.1 44-74
CITYFLATS HOTEL 3.3 
SHANGRAI LA MOTEL SAUGATUCK 4.5 71-79
COUNTRY INN HOLLAND 4.9 89-119
VALUE PLACE HOLLAND 5.0 55-130
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOLLAND 5.4 105-157
FAIRFIELD HOLLAND 5.5 150-151
BEST WESTERN HOLLAND INN & SUITES 5.5 75-170
HOOTEN INN 5.9 140

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 Tulip City Airport

14 in Holland
3 in Saugatuck
1 in Douglas
2 in Hudsonville
 

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