FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 DECEMBER 2020
Location
FAA Identifier: | TDW |
Lat/Long: | 35-10-11.6000N 101-49-33.1000W 35-10.193333N 101-49.551667W 35.1698889,-101.8258611 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 3648.5 ft. / 1112.1 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 08E (2000) |
From city: | 3 miles SE of AMARILLO, TX |
Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 79118 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 10/1963 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | ALBUQUERQUE CENTER |
FSS: | FORT WORTH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | FTW (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0700-2200 FOR SVC AFT HRS CALL 806-376-1008; CALL AFT ARR. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RYS 05/23 & 17/35 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-AV: | 118.475 (806-350-7407) |
AMARILLO APPROACH: | 119.5 |
ALBUQUERQUE ARTCC APPROACH: | 121.15 |
AMARILLO DEPARTURE: | 119.5 |
ALBUQUERQUE ARTCC DEPARTURE: | 121.15 |
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 125.4 |
WX ASOS at AMA (7 nm NE): | 118.85 (806-335-1060) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ALBUQUERQUE ARTCC ON FREQS 127.85/285.475 (AMARILLO RCAG) WHEN AMARILLO APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
PNHr230/7.3 | | PANHANDLE VORTAC | | 116.60 | | 08E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
PANDE | | 317/1.7 | | 251 | | 08E | | AM | .- -- |
HEREFORD | | 044/30.9 | | 341 | | 09E | | HRX | .... .-. -..- |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A1+ |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | HIGH |
Runway Information
Runway 17/35
Dimensions: | 5098 x 60 ft. / 1554 x 18 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
Runway edge markings: | MARKINGS FADED. |
| RUNWAY 17 | | RUNWAY 35 |
Latitude: | 35-10.685687N | | 35-09.845475N |
Longitude: | 101-49.586512W | | 101-49.584298W |
Elevation: | 3648.5 ft. | | 3639.2 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Runway heading: | 172 magnetic, 180 true | | 352 magnetic, 360 true |
Displaced threshold: | 290 ft. | | 289 ft. |
Markings: | basic, in poor condition | | nonprecision, in poor condition |
Visual slope indicator: | pulsating/steady burning VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 6 ft. fence, 200 ft. from runway, 136 ft. right of centerline +4 FT FENCE 28 FT FM THLD OB; ROAD AT 52 FT. | | 5 ft. other, 200 ft. from runway, 15:1 slope to clear +4 FT FENCE AT RY END 0B; ROAD AT 50 FT, 28 FT TREE 189 FT FM THLD, 189 FT LEFT; 4 FT FENCE 123 FT FM THLD OB. |
Runway 5/23
Dimensions: | 3000 x 60 ft. / 914 x 18 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
Runway edge markings: | MARKINGS FADED |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
Latitude: | 35-09.930378N | | 35-10.207658N |
Longitude: | 101-49.743048W | | 101-49.244647W |
Elevation: | 3642.6 ft. | | 3626.9 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
Runway heading: | 048 magnetic, 056 true | | 228 magnetic, 236 true |
Markings: | basic, in poor condition | | basic, in poor condition |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 4 ft. fence, 200 ft. from runway, 99 ft. right of centerline +4 FT FENCE 99 FT RIGHT CNTRLN AT THLD. | | 23 ft. pole, 854 ft. from runway, 29 ft. left of centerline, 29:1 slope to clear 6FT FENCE 94FT FM THLD 60FT LFT |
Helipad H1
Dimensions: | 50 x 50 ft. / 15 x 15 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
Latitude: | 35-10.250000N | | |
Longitude: | 101-49.800000W | | |
Elevation: | 3648.5 ft. | | |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Markings: | none, in fair condition | | |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Privately-owned |
Owner: | TRADEWIND LLC 4105 TRADEWIND RD. AMARILLO, TX 79118 Phone 806-376-1008 |
Manager: | SCOTT CONNERS 4105 TRADEWIND ROAD AMARILLO, TX 79118 Phone 806-376-1008 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 92 | Single engine airplanes: | | 80 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 10 | Jet airplanes: | | 1 | Helicopters: | | 1 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 75/day * | 67% | local general aviation | 33% | transient general aviation | <1% | military | * for 12-month period ending 13 December 2017 | |
Additional Remarks
A23 | RIGHT TFC PATS ESTABD TO AVOID AMARILLO INTL ILS FINAL APCH COURSE. |
- | RY 05/23 PERIMETER FENCE OBSTRUCTS PRIM SFC. |
- | RY 17/35 PERIMETER FENCE OBSTRUCTS PRIM SFC. |
- | HOUSING AND SCHOOL SURROUNDS RY 23 END. |
- | FOR CD CTC ALBUQUERQUE ARTCC AT 505-856-4861. |
A52-H1 | 35 FT PLINE 325 FT SOUTH OF HELIPAD; 35 FT PLINE (MKD) 154 FT WEST; 28 FT POLE (LIT) 157 FT EAST, 25 FT LIT WIND SOCK 96 FT WEST. |
A44 | HEIGHT MEASURED AT DSPLCD 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 from 31 December 2020 at 0901Z to 28 January 2021 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35 | |
download (208KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (113KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KAMA - Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (7 nm NE)
T45 - Panhandle-Carson County Airport (25 nm NE)
KHRX - Hereford Municipal Airport (31 nm SW)
KBGD - Hutchinson County Airport (38 nm NE)
KDUX - Moore County Airport (42 nm N)
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Aerial photo |
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Photo taken 18-Jan-2005
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 15-Jan-2021
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 07:29 | | 13:29 |
Sunrise | | 07:56 | | 13:56 |
Sunset | | 17:57 | | 23:57 |
Evening civil twilight | | 18:25 | | 00:25 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 16-Jan-2021 05:00:36 |
Local (UTC-6) | 15-Jan-2021 23:00:36 |
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METAR |
KAMA 7nm NE | 160453Z 31008KT 4SM BLDU OVC023 01/M18 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP210 T00111183
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TAF |
KAMA 7nm NE | 160341Z 1604/1624 33010KT 5SM BLDU OVC025 FM160600 26008KT P6SM BKN250 FM161700 34010KT P6SM BKN250
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NOTAMs |
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