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O53 Medford Municipal Airport
Medford, Oklahoma, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 06 AUGUST 2026

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 -5 (UTC -6 during Standard 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 06 August 2026 at 0901Z to 03 September 2026 at 0900z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 17   download (157KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35   download (162KB)

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 06-Aug-2026
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1311:13
Sunrise06:4211:42
Sunset20:3201:32
Evening civil twilight21:0002:00

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  07-Aug-2026 01:08:50
Local (UTC-5)  06-Aug-2026 20:08:50
 
METAR
KWDG 
25nm S 		070050Z 06009KT 10SM SCT200 32/18 A2993
KANY 
27nm NW 		070055Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2995 RMK AO2
KEND 
30nm S 		070055Z 09010KT 10SM FEW200 33/17 A2990 RMK AO2A SLP109 T03270173 $
KPNC 
31nm E 		070053Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 32/19 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP125 T03220189
KEGT 
36nm NE 		070055Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM 30/18 A2997 RMK AO2 T03040185
TAF
KEND 
30nm S 		062205Z 0622/0724 16009KT 9999 VCTS SCT080 BKN150CB QNH2988INS TEMPO 0622/0702 9000 -TSRA BKN080CB BECMG 0702/0703 16009KT 9999 NSW FEW120 SCT150 QNH2990INS BECMG 0711/0712 18009KT 9000 -SHRA BKN100 QNH2997INS TEMPO 0713/0717 17020G35KT 6000 -TSRA BKN030CB BECMG 0718/0719 04012G18KT 9999 NSW FEW200 QNH2990INS TX34/0622Z TN24/0712Z
KPNC 
31nm E 		061720Z 0618/0718 20008G17KT P6SM SCT070 BKN250 PROB30 0621/0703 VRB25G40KT 6SM -TSRA BKN070CB FM070600 16007KT P6SM SCT100 BKN250 PROB30 0708/0714 4SM TSRA BR BKN070CB FM071400 11008KT P6SM BKN100 BKN250 PROB30 0714/0718 5SM -TSRA BR BKN050CB OVC100
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