FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 12 JUNE 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | CHN |
Lat/Long: | 27-30-53.7000N 081-52-49.7000W 27-30.895000N 081-52.828333W 27.5149167,-81.8804722 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 107.8 ft. / 32.9 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 04W (2000) |
From city: | 5 miles SW of WAUCHULA, FL |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 33873 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 11/1983 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MIAMI CENTER |
FSS: | SAINT PETERSBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | PIE (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | UNATTND |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 18 & 36; MIRL RWY 18/36 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF: | 122.9 |
WX AWOS-2: | 118.35 (863-767-0559) |
WX AWOS-3 at AVO (19 nm E): | 118.725 (863-453-4223) |
- 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 |
LALr165/29.2 | | LAKELAND VORTAC | | 116.00 | | 01E |
SRQr085/36.9 | | SARASOTA VOR/DME | | 117.00 | | 05W |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL 100LL:FUEL 24 HR CREDIT CARD SVC AVBL. |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: | 4005 x 75 ft. / 1221 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in excellent condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | PCN 7 /F/B/Y/T | Single wheel: | 24.0 | Double wheel: | 39.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
Latitude: | 27-31.224823N | | 27-30.563918N |
Longitude: | 081-52.828178W | | 081-52.827343W |
Elevation: | 99.3 ft. | | 103.3 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 184 magnetic, 180 true | | 004 magnetic, 360 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 21 ft. trees, 600 ft. from runway, 130 ft. left of centerline, 19:1 slope to clear | | 5 ft. brush, 205 ft. from runway, 225 ft. right of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF WAUCHULA 126 S 7TH AVE. WAUCHULA, FL 33873 Phone 863-773-3131 CTC PERSON: OLIVIA MINSHEW |
Manager: | WARD GRIMES 1202 MAURICE SONNY CLAVEL RD. WAUCHULA, FL 33873 Phone 863-773-3115 AIRPORT PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 1202 MAURICE SONNY CLAVEL ROAD. |
Additional Remarks
- | FOR CD CTC MIAMI ARTCC AT 305-716-1731. |
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 from 12 June 2025 at 0901Z to 10 July 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (226KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (213KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (162KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KAVO - Avon Park Executive Airport (19 nm E)
X06 - Arcadia Municipal Airport (19 nm S)
KBOW - Bartow Executive Airport (26 nm N)
X07 - Lake Wales Municipal Airport (27 nm NE)
KSEF - Sebring Regional Airport (29 nm E)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Joshua C. Smith
Photo taken 16-Feb-2015
looking east.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 09-Jul-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:14 | | 10:14 |
Sunrise | | 06:40 | | 10:40 |
Sunset | | 20:25 | | 00:25 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:52 | | 00:52 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 09-Jul-2025 19:57:25 |
Local (UTC-4) | 09-Jul-2025 15:57:25 |
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METAR |
KBOW 26nm N | 091935Z AUTO VRB04G10KT FEW055 34/21 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SE PWINO
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KX07 27nm NE | 090215Z AUTO 00000KT BKN046 BKN050 27/24 A3014 RMK A01
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KLAL 28nm N | 091950Z 00000KT 10SM SCT060 33/22 A3008
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KSEF 29nm E | 091935Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM TS SCT048 34/23 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS T03410226
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KAGR 30nm E | 091955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM VCTS CLR 35/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T03450225 $
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KPCM 33nm NW | 091935Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM BKN055 BKN070 34/21 A3010 RMK AO2
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KGIF 34nm N | 091953Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM FEW060 34/23 A3008 RMK AO1 SLP182 T03440233
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KPGD 36nm S | 091953Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 36/23 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND S SLP183 T03560233
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KSRQ 37nm W | 091953Z 29012KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 T03170244
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KTPF 39nm NW | 091955Z AUTO RMK AO2 PWINO
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TAF |
KLAL 28nm N | 091737Z 0918/1018 VRB03KT P6SM SCT110 FM092100 29005KT P6SM VCTS SCT030CB SCT090 FM100000 29005KT P6SM SCT100
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NOTAMs |
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