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KLRJ Le Mars Municipal Airport
Le Mars, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: LRJ
Lat/Long: 42-46-40.6000N / 096-11-37.3000W
42-46.676667N / 096-11.621667W
42.7779444 / -96.1936944
(estimated)
Elevation: 1197 ft. / 364.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 05E (1995)
From city: 2 miles SW of LE MARS, IA
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 51031

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 11/1941
Sectional chart: OMAHA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LRJ (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1700, ALL SUN ON CALL, ALL SAT 0800-1300
Pattern altitude: 2197 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36 AND REIL RYS 18 & 36 PAPI RWY 18 AND SAVASI RWY 36 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 125.525 (712-546-8439)
SIOUX CITY APPROACH: 124.6
SIOUX CITY DEPARTURE: 124.6
WX AWOS-3 at ORC (14 nm NE): 127.825 (712-737-3193)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PROVIDED BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 124.1/269.0 (SIOUX CITY RCAG) WHEN SIOUX CITY ATCT CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
SUXr003/26.6SIOUX CITY VORTAC116.5009E
DDLr206/30.5SHELDON VOR/DME108.6005E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ORANGE CITY200/14.152105EORC --- .-. -.-.
SIOUX CENTER174/21.336806ESOY ... --- -.--
SIOUX GATEWAY015/23.823306EGAK --. .- -.-
PILOT ROCK271/28.442305ECKP -.-. -.- .--.
SHELDON206/30.633805ESHL ... .... .-..
VERMILLION082/32.637506EVMR ...- -- .-.
MAPLETON329/40.033505EMEY -- . -.--

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 4605 x 75 ft. / 1404 x 23 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 28.0
Double wheel: 48.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 42-47.052460N42-46.301688N
Longitude: 096-11.550222W096-11.692983W
Elevation: 1193.6 ft.1193.4 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 183 magnetic, 188 true003 magnetic, 008 true
Displaced threshold: 300 ft.300 ft.
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-box SAVASI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF LE MARS
22 2ND ST SE
LE MARS, IA 51031
Phone 712-546-7018
Manager: EARL DRAAYER
1327 HAWKEYE AVE SW
LE MARS, IA 51031
Phone 712-546-4724

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 23
Single engine airplanes: 16
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Jet airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 5
    
Aircraft operations: avg 30/day *
73% local general aviation
26% transient general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 17 April 2008

Additional Remarks

A57-36 APCH SLOPE 33:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
AFT HRS SVC FEE $25.
RY 36 IS CALM WIND RY.

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 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 18   download (144KB)
VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 36   download (166KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (15KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (29KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KORC - Orange City Municipal Airport (14 nm NE)
KSOY - Sioux Center Municipal Airport (21 nm N)
KSUX - Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field (24 nm S)
KCKP - Cherokee County Regional Airport (28 nm E)
KSHL - Sheldon Municipal Airport (30 nm NE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 01-Dec-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0513:05
Sunrise07:3713:37
Sunset16:5122:51
Evening civil twilight17:2323:23

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  01-Dec-2009 13:49:09
Local (UTC-6)  01-Dec-2009 07:49:09
 
METAR
KLRJ 011335Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 00/M02 A2967 RMK AO2
KORC 
13nm NE 
011335Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 00/M02 A2964 RMK AO2
TAF
KSUX 
25nm S 
011133Z 0112/0212 13006KT P6SM SCT250 FM011400 22008KT P6SM SCT250 FM011700 31013G20KT P6SM BKN250 FM012000 33017G27KT P6SM SCT100 BKN250 FM020200 33014G22KT P6SM SCT050 BKN100
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Lite Plains Inc. 712-546-4724
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100LL Jet A
FS $4.79 $3.65 
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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Hotels near Le Mars Municipal Airport

Miles Price ($)
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES LE MARS 0.5 86-110
BAYMONT INN LE MARS 0.6 63-90
SUPER 8 LEMARS 0.7 60-61
AMBER INN MOTEL LE MARS 0.9 

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

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