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KETC Tarboro-Edgecombe Airport
Tarboro, North Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: ETC
Lat/Long: 35-56-13.5630N / 077-32-47.8980W
35-56.226050N / 077-32.798300W
35.9371008 / -77.5466383
(estimated)
Elevation: 53 ft. / 16.2 m (surveyed)
Variation: 08W (1985)
From city: 2 miles N of TARBORO, NC
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 27886

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1961
Sectional chart: CHARLOTTE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: WASHINGTON CENTER
FSS: RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: RDU (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27, REIL RY 09 AND PAPI RYS 09 & 27 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at RWI (17 nm W): 118.875 (252-446-0732)
WX AWOS-3 at PGV (20 nm SE): 128.425 (252-758-6485)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY WASHINGTON ARTCC ON FREQS 118.475/279.65 (ROCKY MOUNT RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
TYIr112/8.0TAR RIVER VORTAC117.8005W
ISOr006/34.0KINSTON VORTAC109.6005W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
TARBOROat field25708WETC . - -.-.
ALWOOD337/16.223009WAQE .- --.- .
WILLIAMSTON294/18.533609WMCZ -- -.-. --..
AHOSKIE230/28.241510WASJ .- ... .---
WAYNE043/30.120808WJYN .--- -.-- -.
RAPIDS173/31.240708WRZZ .-. --.. --..
CHOCOWINITY327/33.438807WRNW .-. -. .--
PLYMOUTH291/38.922110WPMZ .--. -- --..

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 4000 x 60 ft. / 1219 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 35-56.200333N35-56.271667N
Longitude: 077-33.192000W077-32.385833W
Elevation: 53.5 ft.45.5 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 092 magnetic, 084 true272 magnetic, 264 true
Displaced threshold: 200 ft.no
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yes
Obstructions: 38 ft. trees, 305 ft. from runway, 97 ft. right of centerline, 2:1 slope to clear
RWY 09 APCH SLOPE 13:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
ROAD 160 FT FM THLD ON CNTRLN AND +4 FT FENCE 125 FT FM PAVEMENT ON CNTRLN.
40 ft. trees, 853 ft. from runway, 24 ft. right of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: TARBORO-EDGECOMBE ARPT AUTH
PO BOX 280
TARBORO, NC 27886
JACK BRINSON, CHAIRMAN.
Manager: TARBORO-EDGECOMBE ARPT AUTH
PO BOX 220
TARBORO, NC 27886
Phone 252-641-4250
SAMUEL NOBLE TOWN MGR
EMERGENCY PHONE DURING BUSINESS HOURS 252-641-4204 TOWN HALL; 252-641-4247 POLICE DISPATCH.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 11
Single engine airplanes: 10
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 102/week *
38% transient general aviation
38% local general aviation
15% air taxi
9% military
* for 12-month period ending 26 July 2006

Additional Remarks

DEER ON AND INVOF ARPT.
500' LOW LEVEL ROUTE 3 MI NE OF ARPT - BE ALERT FOR MIL ACFT INVOF ARPT.
HELO PAD/PARKING AREA PVT USE ONLY.
RY 27 SAFETY AREA HAS SFC VARIATIONS & DEPRESSIONS AND A 20 FT DROP OFF 100 FT FM BOTH SIDES.

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
VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 27   download (225KB)
NDB RWY 27   download (225KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KRWI - Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport (17 nm W)
KMCZ - Martin County Airport (18 nm E)
KPGV - Pitt-Greenville Airport (20 nm SE)
W03 - Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport (23 nm SW)
KASJ - Tri-County Airport (28 nm NE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 30-Aug-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1610:16
Sunrise06:4210:42
Sunset19:3923:39
Evening civil twilight20:0500:05

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  30-Aug-2008 05:01:27
Local (UTC-4)  30-Aug-2008 01:01:27
 
METAR
KRWI 
18nm W 
300453Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM FEW110 24/22 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02390217 403060217
KPGV 
21nm S 
300441Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR BKN090 OVC110 24/23 A2999 RMK AO2
KRZZ 
31nm N 
300454Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM BKN032 26/22 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W SLP153 T02560222 403170228
KOCW 
33nm SE 
300441Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT110 24/21 A2999 RMK AO2
KGWW 
35nm SW 
300440Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR CLR 23/22 A2999 RMK AO2
TAF
KRWI 
18nm W 
300203Z 300224 VRB02KT 6SM BR VCSH SCT040 BKN100 TEMPO 0304 4SM BR SCT120 FM0400 00000KT 3SM BR FEW050 SCT120 TEMPO 0407 1SM BR FM0700 00000KT 1/2SM FG FEW008 SCT060 TEMPO 0812 1/4SM FG BKN002 FM1300 VRB04KT 4SM BR HZ BKN012 FM1500 VRB04KT P6SM SCT02
KPGV 
21nm S 
300247Z 300324 00000KT 5SM BR OVC100 FM0600 00000KT 4SM BR SCT200 FM0800 00000KT 3SM BR BKN010 TEMPO 0911 1/2SM FG FM1300 VRB03KT P6SM SCT010 FM1700 20005KT P6SM SCT035 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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Hotels near Tarboro-Edgecombe Airport

Miles Price ($)
COMFORT INN TARBORO 2.5 79-80

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Tarboro-Edgecombe Airport

1 in Tarboro
10 in Rocky Mount
 

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