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C16 Frasca Field Airport
Urbana, Illinois, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: C16
Lat/Long: 40-08-47.0392N / 088-11-54.5553W
40-08.783987N / 088-11.909255W
40.1463998 / -88.1984876
(estimated)
Elevation: 735 ft. / 224.0 m (surveyed)
Variation: 02E (1965)
From city: 1 mile N of URBANA, IL
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 61802

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 03/1941
Sectional chart: CHICAGO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CHICAGO CENTER
FSS: SAINT LOUIS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: STL (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: DAWN-DUSK
Pattern altitude: 1535 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
CHAMPAIGN APPROACH: 121.35 [0600-2200]
CHAMPAIGN DEPARTURE: 121.35 [0600-2200]
WX ASOS at CMI (7 nm SW): CMI (217-352-9118)
WX AWOS-3 at TIP (9 nm N): 119.025 (217-892-4999)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON REMOTED CHAMPAIGN APCH CTL FREQ 121.35 & CHICAGO ARTCC FREQ 353.950 (DANVILLE RCAG) WHEN CHAMPAIGN APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
CMIr025/7.6CHAMPAIGN VORTAC110.0003E
RBSr181/26.2ROBERTS VOR/DME116.8002E
DNVr251/30.7DANVILLE VORTAC111.0002E
DECr048/39.0DECATUR VORTAC117.2003E
BMIr118/39.1BLOOMINGTON VOR/DME108.2003E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
HOMER302/13.428101EHMJ .... -- .---
PARIS317/36.134101EPRG .--. .-. --.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars
Bottled oxygen: HIGH

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 4001 x 55 ft. / 1220 x 17 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 40-08.699975N40-08.706668N
Longitude: 088-12.451585W088-11.593055W
Elevation: 734.6 ft.724.3 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 087 magnetic, 089 true267 magnetic, 269 true
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Obstructions: 58 ft. tree, 2123 ft. from runway, 197 ft. right of centerline, 33:1 slope to clear34 ft. pole, 1037 ft. from runway, 199 ft. left of centerline, 24:1 slope to clear

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 3654 x 140 ft. / 1114 x 43 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 40-09.173185N40-08.571437N
Longitude: 088-11.790122W088-11.780785W
Elevation: 728.0 ft.731.3 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 177 magnetic, 179 true357 magnetic, 359 true
Displaced threshold: no318 ft.
Obstructions: none38 ft. pole, 416 ft. from runway, 101 ft. right of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear
APPCH RATIO IS 20:1 TO THE DSPLCD THLD.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: FRASCA AIR SERVICE INC
1402 E AIRPORT ROAD
URBANA, IL 61801
Phone 217-367-8441
Manager: TOM FRASCA
1402 E ARPT RD
URBANA, IL 61801
Phone 217-367-8441

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 67
Single engine airplanes: 60
Multi engine airplanes: 5
Helicopters: 1
Gliders airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 41/day *
63% local general aviation
27% transient general aviation
10% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2007

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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
VOR/DME OR GPS-B   download (213KB)
VOR OR GPS-A   download (220KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KCMI - University of Illinois-Willard Airport (7 nm SW)
KTIP - Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport-Frank Elliott Field (9 nm N)
1C1 - Paxton Airport (18 nm N)
2K0 - Piatt County Airport (19 nm SW)
KDNV - Vermilion Regional Airport (28 nm E)
 
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Photo taken 07-Sep-2005

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From to C16

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 07-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0212:02
Sunrise06:3012:30
Sunset16:4322:43
Evening civil twilight17:1123:11

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 04:40:02
Local (UTC-6)  07-Nov-2009 22:40:02
 
METAR
KCMI 
7nm SW 
080353Z 18005KT 8SM CLR 11/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T01110089
KTIP 
9nm N 
080326Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 13/11 A3002 RMK AO2
TAF
KCMI 
7nm SW 
072324Z 0800/0824 18006KT P6SM SKC FM080900 16003KT 4SM BR SKC FM081500 18011G18KT P6SM BKN250
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Frasca Air Services 217-367-8441
no information available

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FS 
100LL 
$4.52 
Jet A 
$4.57 
 Updated 04-Sep-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 Frasca Field Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Frasca Field Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Frasca Field Airport

Miles Price ($)
HANFORD INN AND SUITES 0.7 86-186
EASTLAND SUITES 1.1 98-185
SUPER 8 URBANA 1.3 50-98
RAMADA LIMITED 1.5 66-92
HOLIDAY INN CHAMPAIGN URBANAairport transportation 1.5 96-166
SLEEP INN URBANA 1.6 70-74
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES URBANA-CHAMPAIGN 1.6 119-150
TRAVELODGE URBANA CHAMPAIGN 2.2 50-80
HISTORIC LINCOLN HOTEL 2.5 88-142
HAMPTON INN CHAMPAIGN URBANA 2.5 84-139
LA QUINTA INN CHAMPAIGN 2.5 55-66
SUPER 8 CHAMPAIGN IL 2.6 46-63
RED ROOF INN CHAMPAIGN 2.6 50-60
COMFORT INN CHAMPAIGN 2.7 76-110
BAYMONT INN & SUITES 2.7 63-84
WINGATE BY WYNDHAM CHAMPAIGN 2.8 90-160
COURTYARD CHAMPAIGN 2.9 120-130
FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT CHAMPAIGN 2.9 86-130
COUNTRY INN SUITES CHAMPAIGN 2.9 80-120
ESA CHAMPAIGN-URBANA 3.0 52-90
EXTENDED STAY AMERICA CHAMPAIGN - URBANA 3.0 55-60

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
airport transportation indicates that the hotel is reported to provide airport transportation. Please check with the hotel for hours and availability of transportation to/from Frasca Field Airport. It is possible that transportation may not be available to/from C16 but to other nearby airports such as KCMI.
    

Hotels in other cities near Frasca Field Airport

10 in Urbana
20 in Champaign
3 in Rantoul
 

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