FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | EKY |
| Lat/Long: | 33-18-45.4000N / 086-55-34.7000W
33-18.756667N / 086-55.578333W
33.3126111 / -86.9263056
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 700 ft. / 213.4 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 00E (1990) |
| From city: | 3 miles SE of BESSEMER, AL |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 35022 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 03/1973 |
| Sectional chart: | ATLANTA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ATLANTA CENTER |
| FSS: | ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | ANB (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0700-2000 |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 05/23 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.0 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 118.825 (205-424-3127) |
| BIRMINGHAM APPROACH: | 124.9 |
| BIRMINGHAM DEPARTURE: | 124.9 |
| CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 123.75 |
| WX ASOS at EET (11 nm SE): | 134.325 (205-663-5881) |
| WX ASOS at BHM (17 nm NE): | PHONE 205-591-6172 |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| OKWr075/16.8 | | BROOKWOOD VORTAC | | 111.00 | | 00E |
| VUZr182/21.5 | | VULCAN VORTAC | | 114.40 | | 02E |
| LDKr081/30.8 | | CRIMSON VORTAC | | 117.80 | | 03E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| MCDEN | | 200/12.6 | | 224 | | 01W | | BH | -... .... |
| SYLACAUGA | | 288/31.6 | | 284 | | 03W | | SCD | ... -.-. -.. |
| GRAGG-WADE | | 329/31.8 | | 338 | | 01E | | GGY | --. --. -.-- |
| PELL CITY | | 245/37.0 | | 257 | | 01E | | PLR | .--. .-.. .-. |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A+
FOR FUEL AFTER HRS CALL 205-425-9500. |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
| Dimensions: | 6007 x 100 ft. / 1831 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 60.0 | | Double wheel: | 60.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 33-18.437102N | | 33-19.076205N |
| Longitude: | 086-56.028720W | | 086-55.127518W |
| Elevation: | 699.3 ft. | | 699.5 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 050 | | 230 |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-box VASI on left
VASI OTS INDEFLY. | | 2-box VASI on left
VASI OTS INDEFLY. |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes
REIL OTS INDEFLY. | | yes
REIL OTS INDEFLY. |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | ILS/DME | | |
| Obstructions: | none | | 38 ft. trees, 1422 ft. from runway, 9 ft. right of centerline, 32:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF BESSEMER
1800 N THIRD AVE
BESSEMER, AL 35020
Phone 205-424-4060 |
| Manager: | RICK RUSHING
900 MITCHELL FIELD RD
BESSEMER, AL 35022
Phone 205-425-9500 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 99 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 69 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 20 | | Jet airplanes: | | 7 | | Helicopters: | | 3 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 281/day * | | 57% | transient general aviation | | 43% | local general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 13 February 2008 | |
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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 05 | |
download (251KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 05 | |
download (257KB) |
| GPS RWY 23 | |
download (199KB) |
| VOR RWY 05 | |
download (234KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (50KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KEET - Shelby County Airport (11 nm SE)
KBHM - Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (17 nm NE)
0A8 - Bibb County Airport (24 nm S)
02A - Gragg-Wade Field Airport (32 nm SE)
KSCD - Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (32 nm E)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 07-Nov-2009
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:47 | | 11:47 |
| Sunrise | | 06:13 | | 12:13 |
| Sunset | | 16:50 | | 22:50 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:16 | | 23:16 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 08-Nov-2009 05:15:53 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 07-Nov-2009 23:15:53 |
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| METAR |
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KEET
11nm SE | 080453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP238 T00940072
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KBHM
18nm NE | 080453Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP245 T00890067 $
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| TAF |
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KEET
11nm SE | 072328Z 0800/0824 00000KT P6SM SKC FM081800 09006KT P6SM SKC
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KBHM
18nm NE | 072328Z 0800/0824 00000KT P6SM SKC FM081800 10006KT P6SM SKC
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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