FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | OPN |
| Lat/Long: | 32-57-18.0060N / 084-15-50.8810W
32-57.300100N / 084-15.848017W
32.9550017 / -84.2641336
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| Elevation: | 798 ft. / 243.2 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 03W (1995) |
| From city: | 5 miles NE of THOMASTON, GA |
| Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 30286 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 07/1994 |
| Sectional chart: | ATLANTA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ATLANTA CENTER |
| FSS: | MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | OPN (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0800-1800
FOR AFT HRS SVC CALL 706-647-7143. |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MALSR RY 30 AND PAPI RYS 12 & 30 - CTAF. MIRL RY 12/30 PRESET MED INTST DUSK-0000; AFTER 0000 ACTVT - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 133.975 (706-646-4123) |
| ATLANTA APPROACH: | 119.6 7000 & ABV 124.2 BLO 7000 [0600-0000] |
| ATLANTA DEPARTURE: | 119.6 7000 & ABV 124.2 BLO 7000 [0600-0000] |
| WX AWOS-3 at 6A2 (16 nm N): | 119.750 (770-227-3934) |
- ATLANTA LARGE TRACON IS PROVIDING PART-TIME APCH/DEP SVC 0615-0000; ATLANTA ARTCC PROVIDES APCH/DEP SVC 0000-0615 ON FREQS 134.5/360.75 (MACON RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| MCNr296/34.9 | | MACON VORTAC | | 114.20 | | 01E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A1+ |
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Runway Information
Runway 12/30
| Dimensions: | 6351 x 100 ft. / 1936 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 20.0 | | Double wheel: | 50.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 12 | | RUNWAY 30 |
| Latitude: | 32-57.557500N | | 32-57.042783N |
| Longitude: | 084-16.388067W | | 084-15.305933W |
| Elevation: | 786.0 ft. | | 797.9 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 122 magnetic, 119 true | | 302 magnetic, 299 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 650 ft. | | no |
| Markings: | precision, in good condition | | precision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | | | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | | | ILS/DME |
| Obstructions: | 38 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 276 ft. right of centerline
40 FT TREES 276 FT LEFT AT THRESHOLD, AND FENCE AND ROAD 198 FT RIGHT AT THRESHOLD. | | 45 ft. trees, 821 ft. from runway, 570 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear
11:1 APPROACH TO DISPLACED THRESHOLD, 47 FT TREES 517 FT FM DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND 580 FT LEFT. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF THOMASTON
P O BOX 672
THOMASTON, GA 30286
Phone 706-647-6633 |
| Manager: | MITCH ELLERBEE
2347 DEL RAY ROAD
THOMASTON, GA 30286
Phone 706-647-4500 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 64 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 54 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 8 | | Ultralights: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 44/day * | | 62% | local general aviation | | 38% | transient general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 27 March 2008 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU FLT SVCS. |
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 25 September 2008 at 0901Z and 23 October 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS RWY 30 | |
download (214KB) |
| NDB OR GPS RWY 30 | |
download (200KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply | |
download (33KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
6A2 - Griffin-Spalding County Airport (16 nm N)
6A1 - Butler Municipal Airport (23 nm S)
4A7 - Clayton County Airport - Tara Field (26 nm N)
KFFC - Peachtree City Airport-Falcon Field (29 nm NW)
KPIM - Harris County Airport (32 nm W)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 13-Oct-2008
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:17 | | 11:17 |
| Sunrise | | 07:42 | | 11:42 |
| Sunset | | 19:05 | | 23:05 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 19:30 | | 23:30 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 13-Oct-2008 05:54:01 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 13-Oct-2008 01:54:01 |
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| METAR |
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| KOPN | 121505Z AUTO 07011G19KT 10SM OVC015 19/16 A3025 RMK AO1
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| TAF |
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KMCN
35nm SE | 122331Z 130024 07011KT P6SM VCSH BKN025 OVC035 TEMPO 0002 5SM SHRA SCT015 OVC025 FM0200 07010KT P6SM VCSH BKN015 FM0600 06008KT P6SM VCSH BKN007 TEMPO 0812 4SM BR FM1500 07009KT P6SM BKN015 FM1800 07012KT P6SM BKN025 FM2100 06010KT P6SM BKN045
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KWRB
40nm SE | 122121 07009KT 9999 VCSH BKN015 QNH3020INS TEMPO 2101 8000 -SHRA BKN030 BECMG 0405 07007KT 9999 OVC007 QNH3025INS BECMG 1516 07010G15KT 9999 SCT025 SCT060 QNH3020INS T26/21Z T18/11Z
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KATL
42nm N | 122331Z 130024 07015G23KT P6SM VCSH BKN035 OVC060 FM0400 08015KT P6SM BKN025 FM0700 07012KT P6SM BKN015 FM1500 08013KT P6SM BKN025 FM1800 09013KT P6SM BKN045 FM2000 08012KT P6SM SCT050
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KCSG
43nm SW | 122331Z 130024 09012KT P6SM VCSH OVC015 FM0400 07008KT P6SM VCSH BKN010 FM0600 06008KT P6SM VCSH BKN007 TEMPO 0812 4SM BR FM1500 07009KT P6SM BKN015 FM1800 07012KT P6SM BKN025 FM2100 06010KT P6SM BKN045
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| NOTAMs |
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