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O53 Medford Municipal Airport
Medford, Oklahoma, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: O53
Lat/Long: 36-47-26.1030N 097-44-56.3900W
36-47.435050N 097-44.939833W
36.7905842,-97.7489972
(estimated)
Elevation: 1092 ft. / 332.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 05E (2005)
From city: 1 mile SW of MEDFORD, OK
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 73759

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 03/1948
Control tower: no
ARTCC: KANSAS CITY CENTER
FSS: MC ALESTER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: MLC (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: IREG
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN ACTVT MIRL RY 17/35 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
VANCE APPROACH: 118.075
VANCE DEPARTURE: 118.075
WX AWOS-3PT at BKN (19 nm E): 120.575 (580-363-0688)
  • APCH/DEP CTL SVC PRVDD BY KANSAS CITY ARTCC (ZKC) ON FREQS 127.8/319.1 (PONCA CITY RCAG) WHEN VANCE APCH CTL (END) CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ODGr356/25.1WOODRING VOR/DME109.0008E
ENDr012/28.0VANCE VORTAC115.4005E
PERr269/28.4PIONEER VORTAC113.2006E

Airport Services

Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 3007 x 60 ft. / 917 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 13.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 36-47.682800N36-47.187317N
Longitude: 097-44.939367W097-44.940900W
Elevation: 1092.0 ft.1085.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 175 magnetic, 180 true355 magnetic, 360 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.51 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.51 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF MEDFORD
615 N. FRONT ST.
MEDFORD, OK 73759
Phone 580-395-2875
Manager: STEVEN BIRKELBACH
615 N. FRONT ST., PO BOX 123
MEDFORD, OK 73759
Phone 580-395-2875

Additional Remarks

- 100 FT REFINERY 1 NM SW OF ARPT.
- FOR CD CTC VANCE APCH AT 580-213-6765. WHEN VANCE APCH IS CLSD, CTC KANSAS CITY ARTCC AT 913-254-8508.

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 27 November 2025 at 0901Z to 25 December 2025 at 0900Z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 17   download (152KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35   download (157KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KBKN - Blackwell-Tonkawa Municipal Airport (19 nm E)
KWDG - Enid Woodring Regional Airport (25 nm S)
KANY - Anthony Municipal Airport (27 nm NW)
KEND - Vance Air Force Base (28 nm S)
KPNC - Ponca City Regional Airport (31 nm E)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Dec-2025
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0413:04
Sunrise07:3213:32
Sunset17:1423:14
Evening civil twilight17:4223:42

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Dec-2025 10:04:48
Local (UTC-6)  08-Dec-2025 04:04:48
 
METAR
KBKN 
19nm E 		080955Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM OVC013 M01/M03 A3033 RMK AO2
KWDG 
25nm S 		080955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC011 00/M01 A3031 RMK AO2
KANY 
27nm NW 		080955Z AUTO 24002KT 10SM OVC007 M02/M03 A3029 RMK AO2
KEND 
30nm S 		080955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC008 M01/M03 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP267 T10081029 $
KPNC 
31nm E 		080953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC013 M01/M04 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP271 T10111039
TAF
KEND 
30nm S 		072125Z 0721/0824 36015G25KT 9999 OVC015 620152 QNH3015INS BECMG 0721/0723 36010G15KT 9999 FEW015 SCT030 QNH3020INS BECMG 0802/0803 04009KT 9999 SCT030 QNH3023INS BECMG 0808/0809 VRB06KT 8000 BR FEW250 QNH3022INS BECMG 0816/0818 18010KT 9999 NSW FEW250 QNH3010INS TX04/0722Z TNM03/0812Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 0721 NEXT 0810
KPNC 
31nm E 		080520Z 0806/0906 VRB05KT P6SM OVC016 TEMPO 0813/0817 OVC009 FM081700 18008KT P6SM SCT010 FM090100 21005KT P6SM SKC
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