FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 MARCH 2023
Location
FAA Identifier: | FME |
Lat/Long: | 39-05-07.3920N 076-45-33.8920W 39-05.123200N 076-45.564867W 39.0853867,-76.7594144 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 150 ft. / 46 m (estimated) |
Variation: | 10W (1985) |
From city: | 1 mile SW of FORT MEADE(ODENTON), MD |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 20724 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 04/1944 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | WASHINGTON CENTER |
FSS: | LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | FME (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0830-1800 |
Pattern altitude: | 1000 ft. MSL |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 10 & 28; PAPI RWY 10 & 28; MIRL RWY 10/28 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.05 |
WX AWOS-3: | 123.925 |
POTOMAC APPROACH: | 119.7 |
POTOMAC DEPARTURE: | 119.7 |
WX ASOS at BWI (7 nm NE): | PHONE 410-691-1278 |
WX AWOS-3 at CGS (10 nm SW): | 121.225 (301-864-5497) |
WX ASOS at DCA (19 nm SW): | 132.65 (703-418-1177) |
WX AWOS-3PT at GAI (20 nm W): | 128.275 (301-977-2971) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
BALr233/6.9 | | BALTIMORE VORTAC | | 115.10 | | 11W |
ADWr027/17.4 | | ANDREWS VORTAC | | 113.10 | | 10W |
DCAr053/18.7 | | WASHINGTON VOR/DME | | 111.00 | | 09W |
OTTr008/22.8 | | NOTTINGHAM VORTAC | | 113.70 | | 10W |
EMIr166/26.6 | | WESTMINSTER VORTAC | | 117.90 | | 08W |
AMLr083/34.2 | | ARMEL VOR/DME | | 113.50 | | 08W |
FDKr132/(34.7) | | FREDERICK VOR | | 109.00 | | 08W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
ELLICOTT | | 187/12.1 | | 371 | | 11W | | FND | ..-. -. -.. |
GEORGETOWN | | 070/19.4 | | 323 | | 09W | | GTN | --. - -. |
OXONN | | 044/22.9 | | 332 | | 11W | | DCA | -.. -.-. .- |
DAVEE | | 042/30.2 | | 223 | | 09W | | DAA | -.. .- .- |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A+ 100LL:24 HR SELF SVC 100LL AVBL WITH CREDIT CARD. A+:24 HR SELF SVC JET A+ AVBL WITH CREDIT CARD. |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Runway Information
Runway 10/28
Dimensions: | 3000 x 75 ft. / 914 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 10 | | RUNWAY 28 |
Latitude: | 39-05.132000N | | 39-05.098167N |
Longitude: | 076-45.889167W | | 076-45.256500W |
Elevation: | 115.0 ft. | | 150.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Runway heading: | 104 magnetic, 094 true | | 284 magnetic, 274 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path) PAPI UNUSBL BYD 8 DEGS LEFT & RIGHT OF CRS. | | 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path) PAPI UNUSBL BYD 5 DEGS LEFT OF CRS (TREES), AND 8 DEGS RIGHT OF CRS. |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 64 ft. trees, 1257 ft. from runway, 408 ft. left of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear | | 51 ft. trees, 1684 ft. from runway, 44 ft. left of centerline, 29:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | TIPTON ARPT AUTHORITY 7515 GENERAL AVIATION DRIVE FT. MEADE, MD 20755 Phone 410-222-6815 |
Manager: | MICHAEL A WASSEL 7515 GENERAL AVIATION DRIVE, SUITE 1 FT. MEADE, MD 20755 Phone 410-222-6815 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 98 | Single engine airplanes: | | 77 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 7 | Helicopters: | | 14 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 104/day * | 97% | local general aviation | 2% | transient general aviation | <1% | air taxi | <1% | military | * for 12-month period ending 04 April 2022 | |
Additional Remarks
- | DEER ON RWY & TWY. |
- | BE ALERT FOR NMRS BWI TBJT ARR/DEP IN THE AREA. FLY TFC PATTERN SOUTH OF THE FIELD TO AVOID BWI CLASS B ASP. REMAIN CLEAR OF BWI CLASS B ASP UNTIL CLNC IS OBTAINED. |
- | PAEW ADJ ALL TWYS AND RWYS 10 & 28 INDEFLY. |
- | FOR CD CTC POTOMAC APCH AT 866-429-5882. |
- | RWY 10 & 28 REIL; MIRL RWY 10/28 ON PHOTOCELL DURING DALGT HRS. |
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 23 March 2023 at 0901Z to 20 April 2023 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 10 | |
download (184KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 28 | |
download (222KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (152KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (140KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KBWI - Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (7 nm NE)
W00 - Freeway Airport (9 nm S)
KCGS - College Park Airport (10 nm SW)
KANP - Lee Airport (12 nm SE)
KADW - Joint Base Andrews (17 nm S)
KDCA - Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (19 nm SW)
KGAI - Montgomery County Airpark (20 nm W)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 19-Oct-2016
looking north.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 29-Mar-2023
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:31 | | 10:31 |
Sunrise | | 06:57 | | 10:57 |
Sunset | | 19:26 | | 23:26 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:53 | | 23:53 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 29-Mar-2023 04:06:40 |
Local (UTC-4) | 29-Mar-2023 00:06:40 |
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METAR |
KFME | 290349Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC080 05/00 A3014 RMK AO1
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KBWI 6nm NE | 290354Z 36004KT 10SM BKN085 08/M01 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 T00831006 $
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KCGS 10nm SW | 290350Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT080 OVC090 08/01 A3013 RMK AO2 T00760007
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KDMH 14nm NE | 290354Z AUTO 10/M03 A3013 RMK AO1 SLP202 T01001033
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KNAK 14nm SE | 290354Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM BKN080 09/03 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP204 T00940033
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KADW 17nm S | 290355Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM BKN070 BKN090 07/M01 A3009 RMK AO2 SLPNO T00671007
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KDCA 19nm SW | 290352Z 03006KT 10SM SCT075 BKN090 OVC140 10/M01 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP202 T01001011 $
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KGAI 20nm W | 290356Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM OVC070 06/00 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP219 T00560000
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TAF |
KBWI 6nm NE | 282113Z 2821/2924 35010G17KT P6SM BKN050 BKN200 FM290000 36006KT P6SM SCT050 BKN120 FM291300 01004KT P6SM FEW250 FM291700 28006KT P6SM FEW150
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KADW 17nm S | 290100Z 2901/3007 04008KT 9999 FEW050 SCT150 QNH3009INS BECMG 2914/2915 25009KT 9999 FEW050 QNH3008INS TX14/2921Z TN04/2911Z
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KDCA 19nm SW | 282113Z 2821/2924 36008KT P6SM BKN060 BKN200 FM290000 01006KT P6SM SCT050 BKN110 FM291200 34006KT P6SM FEW200 FM291900 25006KT P6SM FEW150
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NOTAMs |
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