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KFWC Fairfield Municipal Airport
Fairfield, Illinois, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: FWC
Lat/Long: 38-22-43.0790N / 088-24-45.5480W
38-22.717983N / 088-24.759133W
38.3786331 / -88.4126522
(estimated)
Elevation: 436 ft. / 132.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01W (2000)
From city: 2 miles W of FAIRFIELD, IL
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 62837

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1954
Sectional chart: ST LOUIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: KANSAS CITY CENTER
FSS: SAINT LOUIS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: FWC (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1600
FOR ATTENDANT OTR HRS CALL 618-842-3145/842-9101.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 18/36 PRESET ON LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27; REIL RY 09 - 123.05.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.05
WX AWOS-3: 119.425 (618-847-4709)
WX AWOS-3 at FOA (17 nm N): 120.175 (618-662-8355)
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY KANSAS CITY ARTCC ON FREQS 127.7/317.7 (MOUNT VERNON RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
SAMr244/16.6SAMSVILLE VOR/DME116.6003E
VNNr085/18.6MOUNT VERNON VOR/DME113.8002E
BIBr171/32.7BIBLE GROVE VORTAC109.0003E
ENLr090/35.2CENTRALIA VORTAC115.0004E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
WAYNE COUNTYat field25701EFWC ..-. .-- -.-.
ELM RIVER174/17.535300EFOA ..-. --- .-
CARMI322/22.033201WCUL -.-. ..- .-..
OLNEY209/23.327200WOLY --- .-.. -.--
SALEM122/30.540001WSLO ... .-.. ---
HARRISBURG-RALEIGH010/34.623000EHSB .... ... -...
MOUNT CARMEL249/35.152402WAJG .- .--- --.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 4000 x 75 ft. / 1219 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 38-22.679050N38-22.674433N
Longitude: 088-25.331633W088-24.494550W
Elevation: 436.0 ft.413.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.3%0.3%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 091 magnetic, 090 true271 magnetic, 270 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: pulsating/steady burning VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)pulsating/steady burning VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yes
Obstructions: 86 ft. tree, 2051 ft. from runway, 388 ft. right of centerline, 21:1 slope to clear32 ft. pole, 843 ft. from runway, 169 ft. right of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 1999 x 60 ft. / 609 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in excellent condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 16.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 38-22.964600N38-22.635283N
Longitude: 088-24.448767W088-24.453383W
Elevation: 416.0 ft.414.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 182 magnetic, 181 true002 magnetic, 001 true
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: 16 ft. road, 485 ft. from runway, 152 ft. right of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear
18/36 APPROACH SLOPE IS 30:1 TO RUNWAY 18 END.
14 ft. road, 323 ft. from runway, 136 ft. right of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear
18/36 APPROACH SLOPE IS 23:1 TO RUNWAY 36 END.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF FAIRFIELD
CITY HALL,109 NE 2ND ST
FAIRFIELD, IL 62837
Phone 618-842-3871
Manager: GEORGE BONE
CITY HALL 109 NE 2ND ST
FAIRFIELD, IL 62837
Phone 618-842-9587

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 9
Single engine airplanes: 9
    
Aircraft operations: avg 22/day *
75% local general aviation
19% transient general aviation
6% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 31 August 2007

Instrument Procedures

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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 09   download (162KB)
NDB RWY 09   download (169KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (29KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KFOA - Flora Municipal Airport (17 nm N)
KMVN - Mount Vernon Airport (21 nm W)
KCUL - Carmi Municipal Airport (22 nm SE)
KOLY - Olney-Noble Airport (23 nm NE)
KSLO - Salem-Leckrone Airport (30 nm NW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:1910:19
Sunrise05:4810:48
Sunset19:5200:52
Evening civil twilight20:2101:21

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-May-2008 02:52:54
Local (UTC-5)  09-May-2008 21:52:54
 
METAR
KFWC 100225Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR CLR 13/11 A2986 RMK AO2
KFOA 
17nm N 
100225Z AUTO 29003KT 4SM BR CLR 11/11 A2987 RMK AO2
TAF
KEVV 
47nm SE 
100119Z 100124 33005KT 5SM BR SCT006 OVC014 FM0500 02004KT 3SM BR SCT010 FM1400 07009KT P6SM SKC FM1900 11007KT P6SM SCT100 BKN250
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Fairfield Municipal Airport 618-842-9587
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