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18TE ALERT Field Airport
Big Sandy, Texas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 JANUARY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 18TE
Lat/Long: 32-35-06.7080N 095-03-50.0920W
32-35.111800N 095-03.834867W
32.5851967,-95.0639144
(estimated)
Elevation: 390 ft. / 118.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04E (1965)
From city: 2 miles E of BIG SANDY, TX
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 75755

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 04/1965
Control tower: no
ARTCC: FORT WORTH CENTER
FSS: FORT WORTH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes, UNLIT WINDSOCK AT EACH END OF RWY.
Segmented circle: no
Lights: PILOT CONTROLLED LIRL RWY 8/26. TO ACTVT - 5 CLICKS ON RADIO (15 MIN TIMER) - 122.8.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
PILOT CONTROLLED BEACON. TO ACTVT - 5 CLICKS ON RADIO (15 MIN TIMER) - 122.8.

Airport Communications

UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3PT at JXI (9 nm NE): 120.250 (903-734-7313)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GGGr296/18.7GREGG COUNTY VORTAC112.9007E
TYRr045/22.0TYLER VOR/DME114.2006E
FZTr032/38.7FRANKSTON VOR/DME111.4006E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
AMBASSADOR083/2.540407EABG .- -... --.

Airport Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 5093 x 45 ft. / 1552 x 14 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: non-standard
NSTD LIRL; ONLY WESTERN 2/3 OF RWY LGTD. NO TWY LGTS.
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 32-35.118233N32-35.105067N
Longitude: 095-04.331450W095-03.339467W
Elevation: 359.0 ft.349.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 087 magnetic, 091 true267 magnetic, 271 true
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 30 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 100 ft. right of centerline
+30 FT TREES AT THR, 100 FT RIGHT.
50 ft. trees, 203 ft. from runway
+10 FT ROAD AT 146 FT, ACRS APCH.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES
BOX 1
OAK BROOK, IL 60522-3001
Phone (479) 799-8999
Manager: DAKOTA EYER
1 ACADEMY BLVD
BIG SANDY, TX 75755
Phone 570-854-5325

Additional Remarks

CAUTION: ROAD INTERSECTS CNTR OF RWY 2507 FT FM THR OF RWY 8. RWY GATES MUST BE LOWERED FOR LNDG. TO ACTVT GATES: 7 CLICKS DOWN (2 MIN TIMER), AND 9 CLICKS UP.
FOR CD CTC FORT WORTH ARTCC - 817-858-7584
FOR PMSN TO LND, CTC DIR OF OPNS AT 903-636-2012.
RWY CRESTS AT MID AND SLOPES DOWNWARD TWD EACH END. ACFT LNDG RWY 26 MAY WANT TO TOUCHDOWN PAST HNGR TWY TO AVOID UPSLOPE.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 18TE.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

07F - Gladewater Municipal Airport (6 nm SE)
KJXI - Fox Stephens Field/Gilmer Municipal Airport (9 nm NE)
KGGG - East Texas Regional Airport (22 nm SE)
KTYR - Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (22 nm SW)
KJDD - Wood County Airport/Collins Field (24 nm NW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 29-Jan-2025
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5212:52
Sunrise07:1813:18
Sunset17:4923:49
Evening civil twilight18:1500:15

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  30-Jan-2025 02:45:37
Local (UTC-6)  29-Jan-2025 20:45:37
 
METAR
KJXI 
9nm NE 
291735Z AUTO 08003KT 3/4SM +RA OVC003 12/11 A3009 RMK AO2 T01200111
TAF
KGGG 
21nm SE 
300212Z 3002/3024 10006KT 3SM BR OVC003 TEMPO 3002/3003 1SM BR OVC002 FM300700 14008KT 3SM -SHRA BR OVC003 FM301300 17012G19KT 3SM BR VCSH OVC003 FM301900 22014G23KT 2SM -SHRA VCTS OVC005CB FM302200 26010G17KT 5SM -SHRA VCTS OVC011CB
KTYR 
21nm SW 
300226Z 3002/3024 13010KT P6SM OVC005 TEMPO 3002/3003 1SM BR OVC002 FM300600 14010KT 3SM -SHRA BR OVC003 FM301400 18012G19KT 3SM -SHRA VCTS OVC003CB FM301800 24012G19KT 3SM -SHRA VCTS OVC003CB FM302000 27010G17KT 5SM -SHRA VCTS OVC009CB
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