FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 26 JANUARY 2023
Location
FAA Identifier: | PCM |
Lat/Long: | 28-00-00.6000N 082-09-47.9000W 28-00.010000N 082-09.798333W 28.0001667,-82.1633056 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 152.7 ft. / 46.5 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 05W (2010) |
From city: | 2 miles SW of PLANT CITY, FL |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 33567 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 03/1948 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MIAMI CENTER |
FSS: | SAINT PETERSBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | PCM (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0700-1900 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 10 & 28; PAPI RWY 10 & 28; MIRL RWY 10/28 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.05 |
WX AWOS-3: | 120.025 (813-764-8259) |
TAMPA APPROACH: | 120.65 119.9 |
TAMPA DEPARTURE: | 120.65 119.9 |
WX AWOS-3PT at LAL (8 nm E): | PHONE 863-834-2030 |
WX AWOS-3 at VDF (10 nm W): | 121.125 (813-630-0924) |
WX AWOS-3PT at ZPH (14 nm N): | 118.975 (813-780-0031) |
WX AWOS-3 at TPF (16 nm W): | 118.925 (813-251-6824) |
WX ASOS at TPA (20 nm W): | 126.45 (813-873-7228) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
LALr275/8.0 | | LAKELAND VORTAC | | 116.00 | | 01E |
PIEr084/28.2 | | ST PETERSBURG VORTAC | | 116.40 | | 05W |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 10/28
Dimensions: | 3950 x 75 ft. / 1204 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in excellent condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | PCN 7 /F/C/X/T | Single wheel: | 21.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 10 | | RUNWAY 28 |
Latitude: | 28-00.033208N | | 27-59.985390N |
Longitude: | 082-10.165047W | | 082-09.432610W |
Elevation: | 151.5 ft. | | 137.9 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 099 magnetic, 094 true | | 279 magnetic, 274 true |
Displaced threshold: | 200 ft. | | no |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 15 ft. road, 305 ft. from runway, 250 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear RWY 10 APCH RATIO 31:1 TO DSPLCD THR. | | 40 ft. trees, 1090 ft. from runway, 275 ft. left of centerline, 22:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AVIATION AUTH P.O. BOX 22287 TAMPA, FL 33622 Phone (813) 870-8711 |
Manager: | BRETT FAY 4007 AIRPORT RD PLANT CITY, FL 33622 Phone (813) 870-8735 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 76 | Single engine airplanes: | | 57 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 13 | Jet airplanes: | | 1 | Helicopters: | | 4 | Gliders airplanes: | | 1 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 131/day * | 77% | local general aviation | 23% | transient general aviation | <1% | air taxi | <1% | military | * for 12-month period ending 12 December 2017 | |
Additional Remarks
A30A-10 | NOISE ABATEMENT PROC IN EFCT FOR DEP; NO TURNS BLW 500 FT AGL UNLESS DIRECTED BY ATC. |
- | NMRS 1099 FT & 1549 FT MSL TWRS 12 NM SSW. |
- | GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 TAMPA CLNC DEL, FOR PCM. |
- | FOR CD IF UNA VIA GCO CTC TAMPA APCH AT 813-878-2528. |
- | VFR ACFT ARR/DEP PLANT CITY ARPT, EXER CTN DUE TO SML AND HVY TBJT ACFT TRSNG ARPT TFC AREA 1700 FT AND ABV ON APCH TO LAKELAND INTL 6.5 NM EAST. |
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 26 January 2023 at 0901Z to 23 February 2023 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 10 | |
download |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 28 | |
download |
VOR RWY 28 | |
download |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (162KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KLAL - Lakeland Linder International Airport (8 nm E)
KVDF - Tampa Executive Airport (10 nm W)
KZPH - Zephyrhills Municipal Airport (14 nm N)
KTPF - Peter O Knight Airport (16 nm W)
KTPA - Tampa International Airport (20 nm W)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo courtesy of PhotosFromTheAir.com
Photo taken 27-Feb-2012
looking west.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 05-Feb-2023
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:50 | | 11:50 |
Sunrise | | 07:15 | | 12:15 |
Sunset | | 18:11 | | 23:11 |
Evening civil twilight | | 18:35 | | 23:35 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 05-Feb-2023 08:23:49 |
Local (UTC-5) | 05-Feb-2023 03:23:49 |
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METAR |
KPCM | 050755Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM SCT070 BKN080 10/05 A3027 RMK AO2
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KLAL 8nm E | 050755Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM OVC080 15/11 A3025 RMK AO2 T01460105
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KVDF 10nm W | 050755Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM BKN080 14/11 A3026 RMK AO2
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KZPH 14nm N | 050755Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM SCT075 12/11 A3028 RMK A02 T01170112
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KTPF 16nm W | 050755Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM OVC090 OVC090 A3025 RMK AO2
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KTPA 20nm W | 050753Z 02006KT 10SM SCT080 16/11 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP244 T01560111
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TAF |
KLAL 8nm E | 050541Z 0506/0606 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 FM051000 04004KT P6SM OVC100 FM051200 07006KT P6SM VCSH OVC050 FM052100 32003KT P6SM VCSH OVC050
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KTPA 20nm W | 050305Z 0503/0606 06006KT P6SM BKN080 FM051900 25007KT P6SM VCSH BKN030
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NOTAMs |
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