FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | EAR |
| Lat/Long: | 40-43-37.3000N / 099-00-24.4000W
40-43.621667N / 099-00.406667W
40.7270278 / -99.0067778
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 2131 ft. / 649.5 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 09E (1980) |
| From city: | 4 miles NE of KEARNEY, NE |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 68847 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 03/1943 |
| Sectional chart: | OMAHA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
| FSS: | COLUMBUS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | EAR (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0600-2000 |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
HIRL RY 18/36 PRESET ON LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT MIRL RY 13/31; VASI RY 18; PAPI RYS 13; 31 & 36; REIL RY 18 & MALSR RY 36 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
| Fire and rescue: | ARFF index A |
| Airline operations: | ARPT CLSD TO ACR OPNS WITH MORE THAN 30 PSGR SEATS. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.0 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 123.875 (308-237-5608) |
- COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDED BY GRAND ISLAND RADIO ON FREQ 122.1R.
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 119.4/278.8 (HASTINGS RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| EAR at field | | KEARNEY VOR | | 111.20 | | 10E |
| HSIr279/27.3 | | HASTINGS VOR/DME | | 108.80 | | 07E |
| GRIr237/35.0 | | GRAND ISLAND VORTAC | | 112.00 | | 07E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| HOLDREGE | | 035/22.6 | | 396 | | 07E | | HDE | .... -.. . |
| PROSSER | | 269/24.2 | | 338 | | 07E | | PSS | .--. ... ... |
| DARR | | 093/39.2 | | 326 | | 07E | | RRX | .-. .-. -..- |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
| Dimensions: | 7094 x 150 ft. / 2162 x 46 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 48.0 | | Double wheel: | 73.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Latitude: | 40-44.184067N | | 40-43.025700N |
| Longitude: | 099-00.425633W | | 099-00.623500W |
| Elevation: | 2128.5 ft. | | 2131.2 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 178 magnetic, 187 true | | 358 magnetic, 007 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left |
| Approach lights: | | | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | | | ILS/DME |
| Obstructions: | 103 ft. bldg, 5250 ft. from runway, 49:1 slope to clear | | none |
Runway 13/31
| Dimensions: | 4498 x 75 ft. / 1371 x 23 m |
| Surface: | concrete, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 30.0 | | Double wheel: | 38.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 13 | | RUNWAY 31 |
| Latitude: | 40-43.938750N | | 40-43.361400N |
| Longitude: | 099-00.524400W | | 098-59.914650W |
| Elevation: | 2128.5 ft. | | 2128.4 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 132 magnetic, 141 true | | 312 magnetic, 321 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left | | 2-light PAPI on left |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF KEARNEY
P.O. BOX 1180
KEARNEY, NE 68848
Phone 308-233-3212 |
| Manager: | JAMES LYNAUGH
P.O. BOX 1180
KEARNEY, NE 68848
Phone 308-234-2318 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 43 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 34 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 5 | | Jet airplanes: | | 2 | | Helicopters: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 82/day * | | 50% | local general aviation | | 43% | transient general aviation | | 5% | commercial | | 2% | air taxi | | <1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 30 September 2007 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | APRON COND GOOD SOME SPALLING IN ISOLATED CONC AREAS.(NOT IN USE FOR ACFT). |
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 28 August 2008 at 0901Z and 25 September 2008 at 0900Z.
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
0V3 - Pioneer Village Field Airport (13 nm S)
KHDE - Brewster Field Airport (22 nm SW)
KHSI - Hastings Municipal Airport (27 nm E)
KGRI - Central Nebraska Regional Airport (35 nm NE)
KLXN - Jim Kelly Field Airport (35 nm W)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Gregory White
Photo taken 04-May-2008
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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Download PDF
of official airport diagram from the FAA
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 07-Sep-2008
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:43 | | 11:43 |
| Sunrise | | 07:11 | | 12:11 |
| Sunset | | 19:57 | | 00:57 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:24 | | 01:24 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 08-Sep-2008 01:19:15 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 07-Sep-2008 20:19:15 |
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| METAR |
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| KEAR | 080055Z AUTO 07011KT 10SM BKN050 OVC070 16/09 A3013 RMK AO1
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| TAF |
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KGRI
34nm NE | 072341Z 080024 04008KT P6SM OVC070 FM0800 03012KT P6SM SCT018 OVC035 TEMPO 0810 5SM -RA BKN018 FM1000 01015G22KT 5SM -RA OVC006 TEMPO 1014 1SM -SHRA BR OVC003 FM1700 01017G24KT P6SM BKN015 FM2200 01012KT P6SM FEW250
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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