FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | SPA |
| Lat/Long: | 34-54-56.6000N / 081-57-23.4000W
34-54.943333N / 081-57.390000W
34.9157222 / -81.9565000
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 801 ft. / 244.1 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 05W (1995) |
| From city: | 3 miles SW of SPARTANBURG, SC |
| Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 29376 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 11/1937 |
| Sectional chart: | ATLANTA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ATLANTA CENTER |
| FSS: | ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | SPA (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-FRI 0700-2000, ALL SAT-SUN 0800-2000 |
| Pattern altitude: | TPA 800 FT AGL FOR PISTON ACT AND 1300 FT AGL FOR TURBO PROP ACFT WITH SMALL JETS. |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT HIRL RY 05/23 & MALSR RY 05 & REIL RY 23 - CTAF.
ACTVT HIRL RY 05/23 & MALSR RY 05 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.0 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 133.925 (843-587-2529) |
| GROUND: | 121.6 |
| TOWER: | 118.3 257.8 |
| GREER APPROACH: | 119.4 |
| GREER DEPARTURE: | 119.4 |
| CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 120.55 121.6 |
| WX ASOS at GSP (13 nm W): | PHONE 864-879-0614 |
| WX ASOS at GMU (20 nm W): | 127.075 (864-239-0014) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ATLANTA ARTCC ON FREQS 135.35/322.4 (OWING RCAG) WHEN GREER APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| SPAr194/7.2 | | SPARTANBURG VORTAC | | 115.70 | | 02W |
| SUGr155/33.2 | | SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN VORTAC | | 112.20 | | 02W |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A
FOR FUEL AFT HRS CALL 864-574-8552. |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
| Dimensions: | 5202 x 100 ft. / 1586 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 30.0 | | Double wheel: | 45.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 34-54.623300N | | 34-55.264667N |
| Longitude: | 081-57.735100W | | 081-57.044150W |
| Elevation: | 792.8 ft. | | 789.2 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.3% | | 0.3% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 047 magnetic, 042 true | | 227 magnetic, 222 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights | | |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | ILS | | |
| Obstructions: | 73 ft. tree, 2520 ft. from runway, 137 ft. right of centerline, 31:1 slope to clear | | 33 ft. tree, 250 ft. from runway, 78 ft. left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF SPARTANBURG
PO DRAWER 1749
SPARTANBURG, SC 29304
Phone 864-596-2000 |
| Manager: | JOSH HOUSTON
500 AMMONS RD
SPARTANBURG, SC 29306
Phone 864-574-8552 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 97 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 56 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 23 | | Jet airplanes: | | 4 | | Helicopters: | | 3 | | Gliders airplanes: | | 9 | | Ultralights: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 145/day * | | 44% | transient general aviation | | 35% | local general aviation | | 21% | air taxi | | <1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 10 April 2008 | |
Additional Remarks
| E67 | NAVD88 |
| - | RY 05 50 FT DROP 97 FT FROM THR. |
| - | RY 23 15 FT DROP 168 FT FROM THR. |
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 04 June 2009 at 0901Z and 02 July 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 05 | |
download (247KB) |
| NDB OR GPS-A | |
download (173KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KGSP - Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (13 nm W)
KGMU - Greenville Downtown Airport (20 nm W)
35A - Union County Airport, Troy Shelton Field (21 nm SE)
KGYH - Donaldson Center Airport (23 nm SW)
KLUX - Laurens County Airport (25 nm S)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 21-Jun-2007
from 13,000 feet MSL
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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 05-Jul-2009
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(UTC-4) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:51 | | 09:51 |
| Sunrise | | 06:21 | | 10:21 |
| Sunset | | 20:44 | | 00:44 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 21:14 | | 01:14 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 05-Jul-2009 04:33:39 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 05-Jul-2009 00:33:39 |
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| METAR |
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KSPA
7nm N | 050415Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A2998 RMK AO2
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KGSP
13nm W | 050353Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 22/17 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02170167
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KGMU
20nm W | 050353Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02440156
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| TAF |
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KGSP
13nm W | 042325Z 0500/0524 22006KT P6SM FEW150 BKN250 FM050200 18003KT P6SM BKN150 FM051400 22007KT P6SM SCT050 BKN120 FM052000 24009KT P6SM VCSH BKN035CB
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KGMU
20nm W | 042325Z 0500/0524 21006KT P6SM FEW150 BKN250 FM050200 18003KT P6SM BKN150 FM051400 22007KT P6SM SCT050 BKN120 FM052000 24009KT P6SM VCSH BKN035CB
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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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