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KAMN Gratiot Community Airport
Alma, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: AMN
Lat/Long: 43-19-19.7000N / 084-41-16.6000W
43-19.328333N / 084-41.276667W
43.3221389 / -84.6879444
(estimated)
Elevation: 754 ft. / 229.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 05W (1990)
From city: 3 miles SW of ALMA, MI
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 48801

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: DETROIT
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CLEVELAND CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: AMN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1630,
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RYS 09/27 & 18/36; VASI RYS 09 & 27; REIL RYS 09 & 27 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 124.175 (989-463-3433)
SAGINAW APPROACH: 126.45
SAGINAW DEPARTURE: 126.45
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 119.25
WX AWOS-3 at MOP (18 nm N): 110.6 (989-773-2885)
  • APCH/DEP PROVIDED BY CLEVELAND ARTCC ON FREQS 127.7/307.8 (SAGINAW RCAG) WHEN SAGINAW APCH CONTROL CLOSED.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
MOPr178/18.2MOUNT PLEASANT VOR/DME110.6005W
MBSr248/29.4SAGINAW VOR/DME112.9003W
LANr006/36.3LANSING VORTAC110.8005W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ALMA096/4.332905WAMN .- -- -.
BROWNE266/36.838506WHYX .... -.-- -..-
WIGGINS197/40.020904WGDW --. -.. .--

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 4999 x 75 ft. / 1524 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 40.0
Double wheel: 65.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 43-19.381320N43-19.377747N
Longitude: 084-41.761248W084-40.634155W
Elevation: 750.0 ft.752.6 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 095 magnetic, 090 true275 magnetic, 270 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: SDF

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 3197 x 75 ft. / 974 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 26.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: RY MARKINGS BADLY FADED.
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 43-19.511685N43-18.985505N
Longitude: 084-41.396882W084-41.400077W
Elevation: 752.5 ft.753.3 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 185 magnetic, 180 true005 magnetic, 000 true
Markings: basic, in poor conditionbasic, in poor condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 45 ft. trees, 1100 ft. from runway, 125 ft. both sides of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear65 ft. trees, 1825 ft. from runway, 25:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF ALMA-CO. OF GRATIOT
525 E SUPERIOR, P.O. BOX 278
ALMA, MI 48801
Phone 989-463-5430
Manager: DOUGLAS L. BRUSH
3999 WEST SEAMAN RD
ALMA, MI 48801
Phone 989-463-5430

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 30
Single engine airplanes: 22
Multi engine airplanes: 7
Jet airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 26/day *
58% local general aviation
42% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2007

Additional Remarks

- ANIMALS ON & INVOF ARPT.
- POWERED PARACHUTE ACTIVITY 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
RNAV (GPS) RWY 09 **CHANGED**   download (165KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 **CHANGED**   download (190KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 27 **CHANGED**   download (188KB)
SDF RWY 09 **CHANGED**   download (188KB)
VOR/DME RWY 18 **CHANGED**   download (177KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KMOP - Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (18 nm N)
13C - Lakeview Airport-Griffith Field (26 nm W)
6D6 - Greenville Municipal Airport (27 nm SW)
KIKW - Jack Barstow Airport (28 nm NE)
Y70 - Ionia County Airport (28 nm SW)
  
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Aerial photo
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Sectional chart
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From to KAMN

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 02-Dec-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:2112:21
Sunrise07:5312:53
Sunset17:0322:03
Evening civil twilight17:3522:35

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  02-Dec-2009 11:36:10
Local (UTC-5)  02-Dec-2009 06:36:10
 
METAR
KAMN 021116Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 03/00 A2979 RMK AO2
KMOP 
18nm N 		021116Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 02/01 A2978 RMK AO2
TAF
KMBS 
29nm NE 		020529Z 0206/0306 19007KT P6SM BKN250 FM022300 05005KT P6SM OVC150 FM030200 03010KT P6SM -RA OVC050
KLAN 
33nm S 		020520Z 0206/0306 21009KT P6SM FEW200 FM021500 18004KT P6SM BKN250 FM022300 04007KT 6SM -RA OVC050 FM030200 04010KT 4SM -RA BR OVC025 FM030300 01009KT 2SM RA BR OVC015
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Three Point Aviation, LLC 989-463-5500
[email]
 Airport management, Aviation fuel, Oxygen service, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Passenger terminal and lounge, Aircraft charters, Aircraft maintenance, ...
 
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100LL Jet A
AS $3.94 $4.14 
 Updated 28-Nov-2009
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1 in Alma
7 in Mount Pleasant
 

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