FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | MEJ |
| Lat/Long: | 37-16-36.7000N / 100-21-23.4000W
37-16.611667N / 100-21.390000W
37.2768611 / -100.3565000
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 2529 ft. / 770.8 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 08E (2000) |
| From city: | 1 mile W of MEADE, KS |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 67864 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 06/1948 |
| Sectional chart: | WICHITA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | KANSAS CITY CENTER |
| FSS: | WICHITA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | MEJ (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-FRI 0800-1700 |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 17/35 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 119.425 (620-873-8447) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY KANSAS CITY ARTCC ON FREQS 134.0/290.8 (LIBERAL RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| LBLr054/32.5 | | LIBERAL VORTAC | | 112.30 | | 11E |
| DDCr198/38.3 | | DODGE CITY VORTAC | | 108.20 | | 08E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 17/35
| Dimensions: | 4800 x 75 ft. / 1463 x 23 m |
| Surface: | concrete, in fair condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 17 | | RUNWAY 35 |
| Latitude: | 37-17.032167N | | 37-16.242833N |
| Longitude: | 100-21.376500W | | 100-21.313667W |
| Elevation: | 2516.7 ft. | | 2502.4 ft. |
| Gradient: | | | 0.3% UP |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 168 magnetic, 176 true | | 348 magnetic, 356 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left | | 2-light PAPI on left |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 10 ft. road, 575 ft. from runway, 37:1 slope to clear | | 13 ft. road, 400 ft. from runway, 15:1 slope to clear |
Runway 8/26
| Dimensions: | 2553 x 80 ft. / 778 x 24 m |
| Surface: | turf, in poor condition
ROUGH, UNEVEN & MARKED. |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
| Latitude: | 37-16.908000N | | 37-16.908000N |
| Longitude: | 100-21.748333W | | 100-21.221833W |
| Elevation: | 2529.0 ft. | | 2510.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | | | 0.7% UP |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 082 magnetic, 090 true | | 262 magnetic, 270 true |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 15 ft. road, 10 ft. from runway | | 8 ft. post |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF MEADE
PO BOX 338
MEADE, KS 67864
Phone 620-873-2091
DENNIS ECKHOFF - CITY ADMINISTRATOR. |
| Manager: | DEAN CORDES
PO BOX 338
MEADE, KS 67864
Phone 620-873-2091
CRAIG STRATTON, BRINGHAM FLYING SVC-FBO 620-873-5191. |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 11 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 10 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 1 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 96/week * | | 60% | local general aviation | | 40% | transient general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 26 March 2009 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | PUBLIC TELEPHONE AVBL 24 HRS 620-873-8483. |
| - | TWY 'B' CLSD PERMLY. |
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 |
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| GPS RWY 17 | |
download (142KB) |
| GPS RWY 35 | |
download (151KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KLBL - Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (32 nm SW)
KDDC - Dodge City Regional Airport (35 nm NE)
KGCK - Garden City Regional Airport (43 nm NW)
KBFK - Buffalo Municipal Airport (43 nm SE)
KHQG - Hugoton Municipal Airport (49 nm W)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 27-Nov-2009
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:05 | | 13:05 |
| Sunrise | | 07:34 | | 13:34 |
| Sunset | | 17:24 | | 23:24 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:53 | | 23:53 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 28-Nov-2009 02:08:41 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 27-Nov-2009 20:08:41 |
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| METAR |
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KLBL
33nm SW | 280155Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 07/M07 A2984 RMK AO1
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KDDC
35nm NE | 280152Z AUTO 18006KT 5SM HZ CLR 10/M03 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP106 T01001033
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KGCK
42nm NW | 280154Z 15008KT 10SM CLR 07/M03 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP103 T00721033 $
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KDDC
35nm NE | 272334Z 2800/2824 19005KT P6SM SCT250 FM281700 35010KT P6SM SCT200
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KGCK
42nm NW | 272334Z 2800/2824 19005KT P6SM SCT250 FM281500 35010KT P6SM SCT200
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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