FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 DECEMBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | VKS |
| Lat/Long: | 32-14-21.5390N / 090-55-42.3790W
32-14.358983N / 090-55.706317W
32.2393164 / -90.9284386
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 106 ft. / 32 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 03E (1985) |
| From city: | 7 miles SW of VICKSBURG, MS |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 39180 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 03/1950 |
| Sectional chart: | MEMPHIS |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | MEMPHIS CENTER |
| FSS: | GREENWOOD FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | GWO (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0700-1700 |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 01/19 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
| Taxiway lights: | TERM STUB TWY ONLY. |
| International operations: | customs landing rights airport |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX ASOS at TVR (8 nm NW): | 118.525 (318-574-4866) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 132.5/259.1 (GREENWOOD & JACKSON RCAGS).
Nearby radio navigation aids
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 1/19
| Dimensions: | 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 30.0, LMTD TO S-30 GWT. | | Double wheel: | 50.0 | | Double tandem: | 90.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 1 | | RUNWAY 19 |
| Latitude: | 32-13.940317N | | 32-14.757850N |
| Longitude: | 090-55.755750W | | 090-55.628917W |
| Elevation: | 96.0 ft. | | 105.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.1% | | 0.1% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 005 magnetic, 008 true | | 185 magnetic, 188 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 300 ft. | | 480 ft. |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 113 ft. trees, 2700 ft. from runway, 22:1 slope to clear
RY 01 APCH RATIO 26:1 TO DSPLCD THLD. | | 39 ft. tree, 680 ft. from runway, 110 ft. left of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear
RY 19 APCH RATIO 29:1 TO DSPLCD THLD. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF VICKSBURG
PO BOX 150
VICKSBURG, MS 39180
Phone 601-634-4525 |
| Manager: | CURT FOLLMER
5855 HIGHWAY 61 SOUTH
VICKSBURG, MS 39180
Phone 601-801-3525 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 16 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 12 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 3 | | Ultralights: | | 1 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 105/week * | | 65% | local general aviation | | 29% | transient general aviation | | 5% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 08 April 2009 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | NORTH PARALLEL TWY PERMANENTLY CLOSED. |
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 14 January 2010 at 0901Z and 11 February 2010 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 01 | |
download |
| NDB RWY 01 | |
download |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (25KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KTVR - Vicksburg Tallulah Regional Airport (8 nm NW)
M16 - John Bell Williams Airport (27 nm E)
KHKS - Hawkins Field Airport (36 nm E)
0M8 - Byerley Airport (38 nm N)
KHEZ - Hardy-Anders Field Natchez-Adams County Airport (42 nm SW)
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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 09-Feb-2010
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:27 | | 12:27 |
| Sunrise | | 06:53 | | 12:53 |
| Sunset | | 17:43 | | 23:43 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:09 | | 00:09 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 09-Feb-2010 16:39:29 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 09-Feb-2010 10:39:29 |
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| METAR |
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KTVR
9nm NW | 091553Z AUTO 33009G15KT 10SM OVC020 04/M01 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP218 T00391006
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| TAF |
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KJAN
43nm E | 091137Z 0912/1012 32010KT 6SM BR OVC007 FM091400 33014G22KT P6SM OVC007 FM091800 34016G25KT P6SM OVC015 TEMPO 0921/0924 SCT015 FM100000 33010KT P6SM FEW025
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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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