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KAVO Avon Park Executive Airport
Avon Park, Florida, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: AVO
Lat/Long: 27-35-28.6796N / 081-31-44.2806W
27-35.477993N / 081-31.738010W
27.5912999 / -81.5289668
(estimated)
Elevation: 160 ft. / 48.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04W (2000)
From city: 2 miles W of AVON PARK, FL
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 33825

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1940
Sectional chart: MIAMI
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MIAMI CENTER
FSS: SAINT PETERSBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: PIE (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0730-1730
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 04/22 PRESET LOW INTST DUSK-DAWN; TO INCR INTST AND ACTVT TWY LGTS, REIL RYS 04 & 22 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Taxiway lights: STUB TWY FM RWY 4-22 TO RAMP ONLY.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 118.725 (863-453-4223)
WX AWOS-3 at SEF (13 nm SE): 119.475 (863-655-6424)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MIAMI ARTCC ON FREQS 134.55/257.7 (AVON PARK RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LALr132/35.0LAKELAND VORTAC116.0001E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
WAUCHULA079/19.526104WCHN -.-. .... -.

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 4/22

Dimensions: 5374 x 100 ft. / 1638 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 26.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 4  RUNWAY 22
Latitude: 27-35.068915N27-35.694263N
Longitude: 081-32.108312W081-31.402580W
Elevation: 160.3 ft.152.2 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 049 magnetic, 045 true229 magnetic, 225 true
Displaced threshold: no1044 ft.
Markings: basic, in fair conditionbasic, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 20 ft. trees, 900 ft. from runway, 34:1 slope to clear8 ft. fence, 200 ft. from runway
RY 22 APCH RATIO 50:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
8 FT FENCE 65 FT FROM EOR, 125 FT RIGHT OF CNTRLN.

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 3844 x 75 ft. / 1172 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in poor condition
CRACKING WITH GRASS GROWING THRU CRACKS.
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 10.0
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 27-35.613677N27-35.611858N
Longitude: 081-32.069630W081-31.357635W
Elevation: 153.4 ft.153.2 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 094 magnetic, 090 true274 magnetic, 270 true
Markings: basic, in fair conditionbasic, in fair condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 57 ft. pline, 2070 ft. from runway, 32:1 slope to clear8 ft. fence, 321 ft. from runway, 15:1 slope to clear
RY 27 APCH SLOPE 37:1 AT DSPLCD THLD FROM 41 FT TREES 1032 FT FROM EOR.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF AVON PARK
110 EAST MAIN STREET
AVON PARK, FL 33825
Phone 863-452-4403
Manager: C. B. SHIREY
110 EAST MAIN STREET
AVON PARK, FL 33825
Phone 863-452-4403
AIRPORT OFFICE 863-453-5046.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 61
Single engine airplanes: 50
Multi engine airplanes: 8
Jet airplanes: 1
Helicopters: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 89/day *
53% transient general aviation
47% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 17 July 2002

Additional Remarks

TREES IN TRANSITION ZONE APCH END RY 27 SOUTH SIDE.

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.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 04   download (176KB)
GPS RWY 09   download (164KB)

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 06-Sep-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4510:45
Sunrise07:0911:09
Sunset19:4023:40
Evening civil twilight20:0300:03

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  06-Sep-2008 07:04:43
Local (UTC-4)  06-Sep-2008 03:04:43
 
METAR
KBOW 
24nm NW 
060655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2989 RMK AO2
KGIF 
31nm N 
060553Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02390217 10267 20239 53006 TSNO
KLAL 
34nm NW 
052355Z 27006KT 10SM FEW250 27/21 A2978
KOBE 
41nm SE 
060645Z AUTO 26006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A2988 RMK AO2
KPCM 
42nm NW 
060645Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM 24/22 A2990 RMK AO2 TSNO
KISM 
42nm N 
060150Z 24008KT 10SM BKN60 26/22 A2984 RMK LAST
KPGD 
48nm SW 
060653Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02330211
TAF
KISM 
42nm N 
060520Z 060606 23008KT P6SM SCT070 FM1400 26008KT P6SM FEW030 FM2300 15008KT P6SM FEW050 FM0300 VRB03KT P6SM SKC AMD NOT SKED 02Z-12Z
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Florida Aircraft Services, Inc. 863-453-5046
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Aircraft maintenance, Aircraft interiors, Aviation accessories, Pilot supplies, Rental cars, Courtesy transportation, ...

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