FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | KVC |
| Lat/Long: | 55-06-58.8510N / 162-15-58.4180W
55-06.980850N / 162-15.973633W
55.1163475 / -162.2662272
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 155 ft. / 47.2 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 14E (2005) |
| From city: | 4 miles NE of KING COVE, AK |
| Time zone: | UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 99612 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Sectional chart: | COLD BAY |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | COLD BAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-532-2466] |
| Alternate FSS: | ENA KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-864-1737] |
| NOTAMs facility: | KVC (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | RDO-CTL
ACVT MIRL RY 07/25, PAPI RYS 07 & 25 & REIL RY 07 - CTAF. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 122.9 |
| WX ASOS: | 118.325 (907-497-4279) |
| WX ASOS at CDB (17 nm W): | 135.75 (907-532-2639) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQS 118.5/278.3 (COLD BAY RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| CDBr104/19.6 | | COLD BAY VORTAC | | 112.60 | | 14E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| ELFEE | | 107/20.9 | | 341 | | 14E | | ELF | . .-.. ..-. |
Airport Services
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 7/25
| Dimensions: | 3500 x 100 ft. / 1067 x 30 m |
| Surface: | gravel, in good condition
STANDING WATER IN SHALLOW RUTS LEN OF RY AFTER RAIN. |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| Operational restrictions: | SLOPES UP TO E END 1%. |
| RUNWAY 7 | | RUNWAY 25 |
| Latitude: | 55-06.973833N | | 55-06.992333N |
| Longitude: | 162-16.493333W | | 162-15.490833W |
| Gradient: | 1.0% | | 1.0% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 074 magnetic, 088 true | | 254 magnetic, 268 true |
| Markings: | none | | none |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left | | 4-light PAPI on left |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | no |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | STATE OF AK DOTPF-CENTRAL RGN
P.O. BOX 196900
ANCHORAGE, AK 99519-6900
Phone 907-269-0747 |
| Manager: | JEFF DOERNING
BOX 97
COLD BAY, AK 99571
Phone 907-532-5000 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: avg 20/week * | | 71% | air taxi | | 29% | transient general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2005 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | 15+ KTS WINDS IN NE E NW QUADTS. WIND FUNNELS DOWN CANYON. |
| - | RY SOFT DURG SPRING BREAKUP & AFTER HVY RAIN. |
| - | RY COND NOT MONITORED; RCMD VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO USING. |
| - | UNCONTROLLED VEHICLES OPER ON & VCNTY RY. |
| - | RWY SAFETY AREA 4000' X 125'. |
| - | WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AKWEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV |
| - | 24 IN DROPOFF ON BOTH SIDES OF RY. |
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 |
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| RNAV (GPS)-A | |
download (318KB) |
Departure Procedures (Obstacle) |
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| COLD BAY ONE (RNAV) (OBSTACLE) | |
download (159KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply | |
download (59KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PACD - Cold Bay Airport (17 nm W)
PASD - Sand Point Airport (61 nm E)
PAOU - Nelson Lagoon Airport (65 nm NE)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 30-Aug-2008
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:16 | | 15:16 |
| Sunrise | | 07:55 | | 15:55 |
| Sunset | | 21:44 | | 05:44 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 22:22 | | 06:22 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 30-Aug-2008 09:45:33 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 30-Aug-2008 01:45:33 |
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| METAR |
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| PAVC | 300856Z AUTO 22010KT 8SM BKN022 OVC031 11/08 A3003 RMK AO2 PWINO TSNO 56004 T01050077 SLP170 $
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PACD
16nm W | 300853Z 16019G24KT 10SM -RA FEW043 SCT050 OVC085 10/08 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP149 P0000 60000 T01000083 401440078 56008
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PACD
16nm W | 300539Z 300606 15015KT 6SM -RA OVC030 FM1000 17018G26KT 6SM -RA BKN015 OVC028 FM1800 13018G28KT 5SM -RA BKN012 OVC025
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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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