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KMQW Telfair-Wheeler Airport
Mc Rae, Georgia, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: MQW
Lat/Long: 32-05-44.8000N / 082-52-48.1000W
32-05.746667N / 082-52.801667W
32.0957778 / -82.8800278
(estimated)
Elevation: 202 ft. / 61.6 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03W (1985)
From city: 3 miles NE of MC RAE, GA
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 31037

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1968
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: JACKSONVILLE CENTER
FSS: MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: MCN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0900-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 03/21 OPER DUSK-2200; AFT 2200 ACTVT - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at EZM (15 nm NW): 119.425 (478-374-9979)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY JACKSONVILLE ARTCC ON FREQS 132.3/290.4 (ALMA RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
DBNr190/28.2DUBLIN VORTAC113.1005W
VNAr102/32.1VIENNA VORTAC116.5001E
AMGr331/38.5ALMA VORTAC115.1000E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MC RAEat field28003WMQW -- --.- .--
EASTMAN103/14.136604WEZM . --.. --
HAZLEHURST321/17.541403WAZE .- --.. .
ONYUN259/30.537204WUQN ..- --.- -.
BAXLEY317/34.037604WBHC -... .... -.-.
FITZGERALD039/35.736203WSUR ... ..- .-.
PRISON277/37.142403WRVJ .-. ...- .---

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
FUEL AVBL WITH CREDIT CARD.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 3/21

Dimensions: 4030 x 75 ft. / 1228 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: RWY 03 - RWY MARKINGS BADLY DISCOLORED AND FADED.
RY MARKINGS BADLY DISCOLORED AND FADED.
RUNWAY 3  RUNWAY 21
Latitude: 32-05.439583N32-06.052408N
Longitude: 082-52.952297W082-52.649898W
Elevation: 202.0 ft.184.7 ft.
Gradient: 0.4%0.4%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 026 magnetic, 023 true206 magnetic, 203 true
Markings: nonprecision, in poor conditionnonprecision, in poor condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 62 ft. trees, 1130 ft. from runway, 15:1 slope to clear10 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 120 ft. both sides of centerline
+10 FT TREES & BRUSH 115 FT R OF THLD, +20 FT TREES 122 FT L OF THLD.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: AIRPORT AUTHORITY
PO BOX 367
MC RAE, GA 31055
Phone 912-868-6512
MC RAE, TELFAIR-WHEELER AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
Manager: EMBRY HARRELL
PO BOX 485
MC RAE, GA 31055
Phone 912-868-2316
CHAIRMAN, ARPT AUTHORITY.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 9
Single engine airplanes: 8
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 77/week *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 06 February 2006

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 3 July 2008 at 0901Z and 31 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21   download (196KB)
NDB RWY 21   download (200KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (72KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KEZM - Heart of Georgia Regional Airport (15 nm NW)
KAZE - Hazlehurst Airport (17 nm SE)
KVDI - Vidalia Regional Airport (26 nm E)
48A - Cochran Airport (27 nm NW)
KDBN - W H 'Bud' Barron Airport (29 nm N)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KMQW (Telfair-Wheeler Airport)
Photo by Whitney Van Brink
Photo taken 10-Jan-2007
from a Cessna 177B

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Sectional chart
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From to KMQW

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 23-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1510:15
Sunrise06:4210:42
Sunset20:3400:34
Evening civil twilight21:0101:01

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  23-Jul-2008 21:15:28
Local (UTC-4)  23-Jul-2008 17:15:28
 
METAR
KVDI 
27nm E 
232059Z AUTO 23010KT 10SM CLR 34/23 A2992 RMK AO1
KDBN 
29nm N 
232059Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM CLR 32/19 A2993 RMK AO1
KDQH 
37nm S 
232100Z AUTO 22010KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2997 RMK AO1
KAMG 
39nm SE 
232053Z AUTO 23009KT 10SM CLR 31/19 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP144 60005 T03060194 58020
KWRB 
47nm NW 
232055Z 27008KT 10SM SCT041 30/22 A2994 RMK AO2A LTG DSNT SW AND W SLP135 T03020221 56027
TAF
KWRB 
47nm NW 
231313 VRB05KT 9999 FEW050 QNH2999INS BECMG 1718 28010KT 9999 VCTS BKN030CB QNH2995INS TEMPO 2024 25025G35KT 4800 TSRA BKN025CB BECMG 0102 VRB05KT 9999 NSW SCT060 QNH2996INS BECMG 0910 VRB05KT 4800 BR SCT030 QNH2999INS T32/20Z T22/10Z
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