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05V Blanca Airport
Blanca, Colorado, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: 05V
Lat/Long: 37-24-40.0290N / 105-33-06.0480W
37-24.667150N / 105-33.100800W
37.4111192 / -105.5516800
(estimated)
Elevation: 7720 ft. / 2353 m (estimated)
Variation: 11E (1985)
From city: 3 miles SW of BLANCA, CO
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 81123

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1948
Sectional chart: DENVER
Control tower: no
ARTCC: DENVER CENTER
FSS: DENVER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: DEN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at ALS (15 nm W): 135.175 (719-589-5669)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ALSr061/13.1ALAMOSA VORTAC113.9013E

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 3/21

Dimensions: 6160 x 52 ft. / 1878 x 16 m
Surface: dirt, in good condition
1 TO 2 FT VEGETATION BOTH SIDES OF RY FULL LENGTH.
Gradient: NE
RUNWAY 3  RUNWAY 21
Latitude: 37-24.290167N37-25.051167N
Longitude: 105-33.583000W105-32.740833W
Elevation: 7696.0 ft.7720.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.4% UP
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 030 magnetic, 041 true210 magnetic, 221 true
Obstructions: 10 ft. road10 ft. road

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: TOWN OF BLANCA
BOX 365
BLANCA, CO 81123
Phone 719-379-3461
Manager: MYRRL SMITH
BOX 6
BLANCA, CO 81123
Phone 719-379-3603

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 3
Single engine airplanes: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 34/week *
77% local general aviation
23% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 03 September 2009

Additional Remarks

UNLIMITED VEHICLE ACCESS TO FIELD; WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT.
RY 21 HAS +15 FT SPRINKLER WITHIN 200 FT OF THLD; INTERMITTENTLY.
RY 03 +35 FT POLE 525 FT FM RY END ON EXTNDD CNTRKN; +4 FT FENCE 10 FT FM THLD 0B; +15 FT BLDG 500 FT FM THLD 150 FT L OF CNTRLN.
PHONE AVAILABLE AT LODGE SOUTH OF AIRPORT.
RY 03/21 SOFT WHEN WET.
RY 21 +20 FT HANGAR 170 FT L OF THLD; +10 FT AGRICULTURAL TANK & SPILL PAD 64 FT L OF THLD; AND + 8 FT ROAD 213 FT FM THLD 0B.
RY 03/21 HAS 6 TO 12 IN DIRT WINDROWS ALONG BOTH SIDES FULL LENGTH.
BE ALERT; INTENSIVE USAF STUDENT TRAINING IN VICINITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS & PUEBLO COLORADO.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 05V.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KALS - San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field (15 nm W)
KMVI - Monte Vista Municipal Airport (25 nm W)
4V1 - Spanish Peaks Airfield (40 nm NE)
KSKX - Taos Regional Airport (57 nm S)
KTAD - Perry Stokes Airport (58 nm E)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 18-May-2013
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2211:22
Sunrise05:5211:52
Sunset20:0602:06
Evening civil twilight20:3502:35

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-May-2013 08:30:12
Local (UTC-6)  18-May-2013 02:30:12
 
METAR
KALS 
15nm W 
180752Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 06/M11 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP098 T00561111
TAF
KALS 
15nm W 
180520Z 1806/1906 VRB05KT P6SM FEW100 SCT250 FM181700 23015G25KT P6SM SCT080 BKN150 FM190300 26008KT P6SM SCT100 BKN200
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