FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | FDK |
Lat/Long: | 39-25-01.2760N 077-22-29.0360W 39-25.021267N 077-22.483933W 39.4170211,-77.3747322 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 308.9 ft. / 94.2 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 08W (1980) |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 21701 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 12/2003 |
Control tower: | yes |
ARTCC: | WASHINGTON CENTER |
FSS: | LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | FDK (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0700-2100++ FBO UNATNDD ON CHRISTMAS DAY. |
Pattern altitude: | 908.9 ft. MSL TPA - 600 AGL HEL, 1100 AGL SNGL AND LGT TWINS, 1600 AGL LRG TWINS AND JETS. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT ODALS RWY 23; REIL RWY 12, 23 & 30; PAPI RWY 23; HIRL RWY 05/23; MIRL RWY 12/30 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF: | 132.4 |
UNICOM: | 122.95 |
ATIS: | 124.875 |
WX AWOS-3: | PHONE 301-600-1457 |
FREDERICK GROUND: | 127.425 [0700-2100] |
FREDERICK TOWER: | 132.4 [0700-2100] |
POTOMAC APPROACH: | 126.1 |
POTOMAC DEPARTURE: | 126.1 |
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 126.9 ;WHEN TWR CLSD 127.425 |
CONLE DP: | 126.1 |
TERPZ DP: | 126.1 |
TRSTN STAR: | 126.75 |
WX AWOS-3PT at GAI (18 nm SE): | 128.275 (301-977-2971) |
- POTOMAC CD 126.9 OR 866-709-4993 (WHEN TWR CLSD).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
FDK at field | | FREDERICK VOR | | 109.00 | | 08W |
EMIr264/18.9 | | WESTMINSTER VORTAC | | 117.90 | | 08W |
MRBr092/22.0 | | MARTINSBURG VORTAC | | 112.10 | | 07W |
HGRr134/(27.9) | | HAGERSTOWN VOR | | 109.80 | | 07W |
AMLr016/29.3 | | ARMEL VOR/DME | | 113.50 | | 08W |
BALr305/36.3 | | BALTIMORE VORTAC | | 115.10 | | 11W |
DCAr344/37.0 | | WASHINGTON VOR/DME | | 111.00 | | 09W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
ELLICOTT | | 297/28.8 | | 371 | | 11W | | FND | ..-. -. -.. |
GEORGETOWN | | 347/31.5 | | 323 | | 09W | | GTN | --. - -. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A 100LL:SELF SERVE 100LL AVBL H24 WITH CREDIT CARD. |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | HIGH/LOW |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
Dimensions: | 5819 x 100 ft. / 1774 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | PCN 30 /F/C/X/T | Single wheel: | 60.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
Latitude: | 39-24.501022N | | 39-25.229923N |
Longitude: | 077-22.908840W | | 077-22.106403W |
Elevation: | 308.9 ft. | | 282.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Runway heading: | 048 magnetic, 040 true | | 228 magnetic, 220 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | precision, in fair condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Approach lights: | | | ODALS: omnidirectional approach lighting system |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Instrument approach: | | | ILS |
Obstructions: | 42 ft. trees, 1339 ft. from runway, 70 ft. left of centerline, 27:1 slope to clear | | 111 ft. trees, 2894 ft. from runway, 721 ft. left of centerline, 24:1 slope to clear |
Runway 12/30
Dimensions: | 3599 x 75 ft. / 1097 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 12 | | RUNWAY 30 |
Latitude: | 39-25.402888N | | 39-25.143392N |
Longitude: | 077-22.789190W | | 077-22.101955W |
Elevation: | 294.2 ft. | | 284.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Runway heading: | 124 magnetic, 116 true | | 304 magnetic, 296 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | trees | | 153 ft. trees, 3997 ft. from runway, 70 ft. right of centerline, 24:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF FREDERICK 101 N COURT ST FREDERICK, MD 21701 Phone 301-600-1380 |
Manager: | ANDREW MOORE 111 AIRPORT DRIVE EAST FREDERICK, MD 21701 Phone 301-600-2201 EMERG 301-600-1440 |
Additional Remarks
A30A-23 | -15 FT DEPRESSION 400 FT LONG; 246 FT L OF CNTRLN; PARALLEL TO APCH END. |
- | FOR CD WHEN TWR CLSD CTC POTOMAC APCH 126.9 OR 866-709-4993. |
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 17 April 2025 at 0901Z to 15 May 2025 at 0900z.
STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals |
TRSTN FOUR (RNAV) | |
2 pages:
[1] [2] (318KB) |
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
ILS OR LOC RWY 23 | |
download (338KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 05 | |
download (207KB) |
RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 23 | |
download (245KB) |
RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 23 | |
download (276KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (166KB) |
Departure Procedures |
CONLE FIVE (RNAV) | |
download (226KB) |
FOXHL ONE (RNAV) | |
download (204KB) |
LINSE TWO (RNAV) | |
download (211KB) |
TERPZ EIGHT (RNAV) | |
2 pages:
[1] [2] (348KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (383KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
W50 - Davis Airport (15 nm SE)
2W2 - Clearview Airpark (17 nm E)
KGAI - Montgomery County Airpark (18 nm SE)
KDMW - Carroll County Regional Airport/Jack B Poage Field (21 nm NE)
KJYO - Leesburg Executive Airport (22 nm SW)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Casey W Moorman
Photo taken 19-Sep-2019
looking south.
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Sectional chart |
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Download PDF of official airport diagram from the FAA
Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 14-May-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:27 | | 09:27 |
Sunrise | | 05:58 | | 09:58 |
Sunset | | 20:14 | | 00:14 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:44 | | 00:44 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 14-May-2025 21:01:38 |
Local (UTC-4) | 14-May-2025 17:01:38 |
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METAR |
KFDK | 142047Z 01003KT 5SM BR OVC009 20/18 A2991
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KGAI 18nm SE | 142056Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC012 21/21 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP136 6//// T02060206 58014 PNO $
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TAF |
KMRB 28nm W | 141744Z 1418/1518 10005KT P6SM BKN010 FM142300 09006KT 6SM -SHRA SCT012 BKN025 PROB30 1424/1504 4SM -TSRA BKN015CB FM150300 10003KT P6SM BKN015 OVC025 FM150500 00000KT 4SM BR BKN005 FM151000 00000KT 1/2SM FG OVC003 FM151300 00000KT P6SM BKN005 FM151600 00000KT P6SM BKN013 FM151700 00000KT P6SM SCT021
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KIAD 29nm S | 141739Z 1418/1524 VRB03KT P6SM SCT012 BKN025 FM142000 12005KT 6SM -SHRA BKN040 FM142200 12005KT 4SM SHRA BKN040 PROB30 1422/1502 4SM -TSRA BKN025CB FM150500 09003KT 4SM -DZ BR OVC005 FM150900 00000KT 1/2SM FG BKN002 FM151300 00000KT P6SM BKN005 FM151600 00000KT P6SM SCT012 FM151700 21004KT P6SM FEW040 FM152000 21006KT 5SM -SHRA FEW040 PROB30 1520/1523 4SM -TSRA FEW040CB
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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