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KCJJ Ellen Church Field Airport
Cresco, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: CJJ
Lat/Long: 43-21-55.0850N / 092-07-59.0990W
43-21.918083N / 092-07.984983W
43.3653014 / -92.1330831
(estimated)
Elevation: 1279 ft. / 389.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 02E (1985)
From city: 1 mile SW of CRESCO, IA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 52136

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 06/1963
Sectional chart: CHICAGO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: FOD (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT LIRL RY 15/33; VASI RYS 15 & 33 - 122.7.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3 at DEH (18 nm E): 120.925 (563-382-2990)
WX AWOS-3 at FKA (19 nm N): 118.925 (507-765-2182)
  • ANSWERED BY POLICE; NOT ON FIELD.
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNAEPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQ 118.85 (LA CROSSE RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
UKNr276/26.5WAUKON VORTAC116.6005E
RSTr136/32.2ROCHESTER VOR/DME112.0005E
JAYr107/36.5AUSTIN VOR/DME108.2003E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CRESCOat field29302ECJJ -.-. .--- .---
DECORAH286/18.123601EDEH -.. . ....
CHARLES CITY046/27.437503ECCY -.-. -.-. -.--
WEST UNION327/29.627802EXWY -..- .-- -.--

Airport Services

Oil available: CTAF/UNICOM FREQ 122.8 OTS INDEFLY.
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions: 2949 x 50 ft. / 899 x 15 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 29.0
Runway edge lights: low intensity
RUNWAY 15  RUNWAY 33
Latitude: 43-22.136017N43-21.699233N
Longitude: 092-08.129617W092-07.839467W
Elevation: 1279.0 ft.1265.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.5%0.5%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 152 magnetic, 154 true332 magnetic, 334 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left2-box VASI on left
Obstructions: 58 ft. trees, 1175 ft. from runway, 16:1 slope to clear9 ft. brush, 369 ft. from runway, 121 ft. right of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF CRESCO
227 NORTH ELM
CRESCO, IA 52136
Phone 319-547-3101
Manager: HARVEY KOSHATKA
237 4TH AVE WEST
CRESCO, IA 52136
Phone 319-547-4316

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 6
Single engine airplanes: 5
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 29/week *
75% local general aviation
25% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 18 July 2007

Additional Remarks

BE ALERT FOR ULTRALIGHT 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 8 May 2008 at 0901Z and 5 June 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 15   download (150KB)
GPS RWY 33   download (147KB)
NDB RWY 33   download (159KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (29KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KDEH - Decorah Municipal Airport (18 nm E)
KFKA - Fillmore County Airport (19 nm N)
KCCY - Northeast Iowa Regional Airport (27 nm SW)
3Y2 - George L Scott Municipal Airport (27 nm SE)
55Y - Rushford Municipal Airport (30 nm NE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:1010:10
Sunrise05:4310:43
Sunset20:2701:27
Evening civil twilight21:0002:00

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-May-2008 17:09:16
Local (UTC-5)  16-May-2008 12:09:16
 
METAR
KDEH 
19nm E 
161655Z AUTO 28005KT 10SM SCT065 21/03 A2990 RMK AO2
KFKA 
19nm N 
161655Z AUTO 30010G13KT 10SM SCT065 21/02 A2988 RMK AO2
KCCY 
28nm SW 
161655Z AUTO 28012G21KT 10SM SCT080 22/04 A2989 RMK AO2
KRST 
36nm NW 
161654Z 29014G23KT 10SM SCT075 22/04 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP112 T02170044
TAF
KRST 
36nm NW 
161246Z 161312 24008KT 5SM HZ SKC FM1400 26010KT P6SM SKC FM1500 28013G22KT P6SM SCT070 FM0100 29012KT P6SM BKN070 FM0800 30011KT P6SM SCT070
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