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 |
GGGr296/18.7 | | GREGG COUNTY VORTAC | | 112.90 | | 07E |
TYRr045/22.0 | | TYLER VOR/DME | | 114.20 | | 06E |
FZTr032/38.7 | | FRANKSTON VOR/DME | | 111.40 | | 06E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
AMBASSADOR | | 083/2.5 | | 404 | | 07E | | ABG | .- -... --. |
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: | 32-35.118233N | | 32-35.105067N |
Longitude: | 095-04.331450W | | 095-03.339467W |
Elevation: | 359.0 ft. | | 349.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 087 magnetic, 091 true | | 267 magnetic, 271 true |
Markings: | basic, in good condition | | basic, in good condition |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, 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 23-Jan-2025
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:55 | | 12:55 |
Sunrise | | 07:21 | | 13:21 |
Sunset | | 17:44 | | 23:44 |
Evening civil twilight | | 18:10 | | 00:10 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 23-Jan-2025 21:09:14 |
Local (UTC-6) | 23-Jan-2025 15:09:14 |
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METAR |
KJXI 9nm NE | 230515Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M03/M07 A3038 RMK AO2 T10261075
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TAF |
KGGG 21nm SE | 231736Z 2318/2418 00000KT P6SM SKC FM232100 32008KT P6SM FEW050 FM240300 32005KT P6SM SCT250 FM241200 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250
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KTYR 21nm SW | 231736Z 2318/2418 33005KT P6SM SKC FM240400 32008KT P6SM FEW050 FM240600 33005KT P6SM SKC FM241200 18003KT P6SM SKC
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