FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008
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. |
| 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 AMMOS RD
SPARTANBURG, SC 29306
Phone 864-574-8552 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 114 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 80 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 15 | | Jet airplanes: | | 6 | | Helicopters: | | 4 | | Gliders airplanes: | | 8 | | Ultralights: | | 1 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 94/day * | | 44% | transient general aviation | | 35% | local general aviation | | 20% | air taxi | | 1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 13 April 2007 | |
Additional Remarks
| E67 | NAVD88 |
| - | RY 05 50 FT DROP 97 FT FROM THR. |
| - | RY 23 15 FT DROP 168 FT FROM THR. |
| A81 1 | ACTVT HIRL RY 05/23 & MALSR RY 05 - CTAF. |
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 8 May 2008 at 0901Z and 5 June 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS RWY 05 | |
download (222KB) |
| NDB OR GPS-A | |
download (175KB) |
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)
34A - 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 17-May-2008
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(UTC-4) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:55 | | 09:55 |
| Sunrise | | 06:23 | | 10:23 |
| Sunset | | 20:25 | | 00:25 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:54 | | 00:54 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 17-May-2008 09:21:19 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 17-May-2008 05:21:19 |
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| METAR |
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KGSP
13nm W | 170853Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 10/05 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP112 T01000050 53001
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KGMU
20nm W | 170853Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM CLR 12/05 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP119 T01170050 55001
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KGYH
23nm SW | 170050Z 30003KT 10SM CLR 21/02 A2980
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| TAF |
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KGSP
13nm W | 170524Z 170606 33006KT P6SM FEW250 FM1230 29006KT P6SM SKC FM1530 25007KT P6SM SKC FM1730 24012KT P6SM FEW060 FM2300 23005KT P6SM SCT250
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KGMU
20nm W | 170524Z 170606 34005KT P6SM FEW250 FM1230 29006KT P6SM SKC FM1500 25007KT P6SM SKC FM1700 24012KT P6SM FEW060 FM2300 23005KT P6SM SCT250
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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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