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KBFW Silver Bay Municipal Airport
Silver Bay, Minnesota, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: BFW
Lat/Long: 47-14-56.5000N / 091-24-56.1000W
47-14.941667N / 091-24.935000W
47.2490278 / -91.4155833
(estimated)
Elevation: 1089 ft. / 331.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 00E (1995)
From city: 7 miles SW of SILVER BAY, MN
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 55614

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 02/1965
Sectional chart: GREEN BAY
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: BFW (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 07/25, REIL RY 07 & 25 AND PAPI RY 07 & 25 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3: 350 (218-226-3537)
WX AWOS-3 at TWM (18 nm SW): 119.325 (218-834-6591)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 134.55/290.5 (DULUTH RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ELOr154/38.3ELY VOR/DME109.6000E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SILVER BAYat field35000EBFW -... ..-. .--
TWO HARBORS048/17.924301ETWM - .-- --

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
SELF SERVE FUEL AVAIL 24 HRS.
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions: 3200 x 75 ft. / 975 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 26.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 7  RUNWAY 25
Latitude: 47-14.859000N47-15.018500N
Longitude: 091-25.299333W091-24.562167W
Elevation: 1088.6 ft.1082.9 ft.
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 072252
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left4-light PAPI on left
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Obstructions: 15 ft. trees, 201 ft. from runway, 210 ft. left of centerline
RY 07 +15 FT TREES, 150-200 FT FM RY END, 210 FT L.
none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF SILVER BAY
7 DAVIS DRIVE
SILVER BAY, MN 55614
Phone 218-226-4408
Manager: JAMES TARLTON
5732 LAX LAKE ROAD
SILVER BAY, MN 55614
Phone 218-353-7372

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 6
Single engine airplanes: 5
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 63/week *
73% local general aviation
27% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 30 May 2006

Additional Remarks

ULTRALIGHT TRAFFIC ON & INVOF ARPT.
CAUTION DEER AND WILDLIFE 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 31 July 2008 at 0901Z and 28 August 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 25   download (133KB)
NDB RWY 25   download (154KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (30KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KTWM - Richard B Helgeson Airport (18 nm SW)
KELO - Ely Municipal Airport (38 nm NW)
4R5 - Madeline Island Airport (39 nm SE)
KDLH - Duluth International Airport (40 nm SW)
KDYT - Sky Harbor Airport (41 nm SW)
 
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Sectional chart
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From to KBFW

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 29-Aug-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:5110:51
Sunrise06:2311:23
Sunset19:4900:49
Evening civil twilight20:2101:21

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  29-Aug-2008 20:49:17
Local (UTC-5)  29-Aug-2008 15:49:17
 
METAR
KBFW 
3nm S 
292033Z AUTO 21008KT 190V250 10SM CLR 24/07 A2986 RMK AO2
KTWM 
19nm SW 
292033Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A2986 RMK AO2
TAF
KDLH 
40nm SW 
291737Z 291818 23013KT P6SM SCT110 FM2200 26009KT P6SM SKC FM0600 30006KT P6SM SKC FM1200 15007KT P6SM SKC
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