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KFMZ Fairmont State Airfield
Fairmont, Nebraska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: FMZ
Lat/Long: 40-35-09.9507N / 097-34-23.2920W
40-35.165845N / 097-34.388200W
40.5860974 / -97.5731367
(estimated)
Elevation: 1636 ft. / 498.7 m (surveyed)
Variation: 07E (1990)
From city: 3 miles S of FAIRMONT, NE
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 68354

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1944
Sectional chart: OMAHA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: COLUMBUS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: OLU (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1700
MGRS RESIDENCE ON ARPT.
Pattern altitude: 2636 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 17/35 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at JYR (19 nm N): 124.175 (402-362-3785)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PROVIDED BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 119.4/278.8 (HASTINGS RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
HSIr085/39.0HASTINGS VOR/DME108.8007E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BEKLOFat field39207EFMZ ..-. -- --..
YORK168/18.825706EJYR .--- -.-- .-.
HEBRON355/26.232306EHJH .... .--- ....
SEWARD226/26.726906ESWT ... .-- -
FAIRBURY317/30.829306EFBY ..-. -... -.--
BIG BLUE285/37.224806EBJU -... .--- ..-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 4316 x 75 ft. / 1316 x 23 m
Surface: concrete, in excellent condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 40-35.671498N40-34.960525N
Longitude: 097-34.267673W097-34.264780W
Elevation: 1635.3 ft.1634.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 173 magnetic, 180 true353 magnetic, 360 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Runway 12/30

Dimensions: 3021 x 60 ft. / 921 x 18 m
Surface: concrete, in fair condition
RUNWAY 12  RUNWAY 30
Latitude: 40-35.126662N40-34.775977N
Longitude: 097-34.793887W097-34.331033W
Elevation: 1635.8 ft.1635.8 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 128 magnetic, 135 true308 magnetic, 315 true
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: NEBRASKA DEPT OF AERONAUTICS
PO BOX 82088
LINCOLN, NE 68501-2088
Phone 402-471-2371
Manager: TIM KRIENERT
ROUTE 2 BOX 94
FAIRMONT, NE 68354
Phone 402-268-4521
PILOT LOUNGE PHONE (402) 268-9951; SHOP PHONE (402) 268-4521.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 16
Single engine airplanes: 15
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 32/week *
89% local general aviation
11% transient general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 10 May 2005

Additional Remarks

ARPT SFC CONDS: CRACKING, SPALLING & VEGETATION IN CRACKS ON ABANDONED PTNS OF RYS.

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
RNAV (GPS) RWY 17   download (159KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35   download (170KB)
NDB RWY 17   download (167KB)
NDB RWY 35   download (181KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KJYR - York Municipal Airport (19 nm N)
08K - Harvard State Airport (23 nm W)
KHJH - Hebron Municipal Airport (26 nm S)
KAUH - Aurora Municipal Airport - Al Potter Field (27 nm NW)
KSWT - Seward Municipal Airport (27 nm NE)
 
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From to KFMZ

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 17-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4010:40
Sunrise06:1211:12
Sunset20:4201:42
Evening civil twilight21:1302:13

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  17-May-2008 05:53:38
Local (UTC-5)  17-May-2008 00:53:38
 
METAR
KJYR 
19nm N 
170530Z AUTO 26011KT 10SM CLR 16/08 A2988 RMK AO2
KHJH 
26nm S 
170530Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 16/07 A2990 RMK AO2
KAUH 
26nm NW 
170530Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM CLR 15/07 A2989 RMK AO2
TAF
KLNK 
40nm E 
162328Z 170024 25010KT P6SM FEW100 FM0300 25008KT P6SM BKN100 FM0900 29008KT P6SM SCT100 FM1100 VRB05KT P6SM SCT100 FM1800 29014G22KT P6SM SCT100
KGRI 
41nm NW 
162327Z 170024 28010KT P6SM SCT100 FM0300 31010KT P6SM SCT080 BKN250 FM1300 32014KT P6SM SCT250 FM1600 33018G25KT P6SM FEW060
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

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Fairmont State Airfield 402-268-4521
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