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PATA Ralph M Calhoun Memorial Airport
Tanana, Alaska, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: TAL
Lat/Long: 65-10-27.8230N / 152-06-33.7990W
65-10.463717N / 152-06.563317W
65.1743953 / -152.1093886
(estimated)
Elevation: 236 ft. / 71.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 19E (2010)
From city: 1 mile W of TANANA, AK
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 99777

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 09/1947
Sectional chart: FAIRBANKS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-474-0788]
NOTAMs facility: TAL (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 07/25 & VASI RY 07 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS: 135.1 (907-366-7266)
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQS 133.1/285.4 (MURPHY DOME RCAG).COMMUNICATIONS PRVDD BY FAIRBANKS FSS ON FREQ 122.65 (TANANA RCO).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
TALr076/1.7TANANA VOR/DME116.6019E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BEAR CREEK070/2.421219EBCC -... -.-. -.-.

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions: 4400 x 150 ft. / 1341 x 46 m
Surface: gravel, in poor condition
NUMEROUS CRACKS IN RY SFC UP TO 1 IN DEEP.
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: RYS 7 & 25 NSTD MKGS; THLDS MKD WITH MKRS.
RUNWAY 7  RUNWAY 25
Latitude: 65-10.460333N65-10.468833N
Longitude: 152-07.345500W152-05.628667W
Elevation: 223.0 ft.236.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.3% UP0.1%
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 070 magnetic, 089 true250 magnetic, 269 true
Markings: NSTDNSTD
Visual slope indicator: 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 15 ft. road, 125 ft. right of centerline24 ft. trees, 600 ft. from runway, 40 ft. right of centerline, 25:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: STATE OF AK DOTPF N RGN
2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-2200
Manager: BILL O'HALLORAN
2301 PEGER ROAD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-5250

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 5
Single engine airplanes: 5
    
Aircraft operations: avg 59/week *
44% air taxi
39% local general aviation
16% transient general aviation
2% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2005

Additional Remarks

SNOW REMOVAL OPERATIONS DURING WINTER--MONITOR CTAF.
RY COND NOT MONITORED; RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LANDING.
FLOATPLANE TFC IN RIVER ADJ TO ARPT.
WX OBSERVER AVBL FOR LOCAL ARPT WX ON CTAF (CALL SIGN: TANANA WEATHER) & PHONE 907-366-7288 0600-2130.
WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AKWEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV
SEGMENTED CIRCLE OVERGROWN.

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 31 July 2008 at 0901Z and 28 August 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 07   download (273KB)
VOR/DME RWY 07   download (246KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (18KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (69KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAIM - Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (63 nm NW)
PAMH - Minchumina Airport (77 nm S)
PFAL - Allakaket Airport (84 nm N)
PANN - Nenana Municipal Airport (86 nm SE)
PARY - Ruby Airport (89 nm W)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of PATA (Ralph M Calhoun Memorial Airport)
Photo by Blaine E. Fisher
Photo taken 28-Aug-2007

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From to PATA

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 30-Aug-2008
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4913:49
Sunrise06:4614:46
Sunset21:3205:32
Evening civil twilight22:2806:28

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  30-Aug-2008 10:10:44
Local (UTC-8)  30-Aug-2008 02:10:44
 
METAR
PATA 300952Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM CLR 00/M01 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP177 T00001006 TSNO
TAF
PATA 300520Z 300606 VRB02KT P6SM SCT030 BKN040
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