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0A2 Hester Memorial Airport
Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 0A2
Lat/Long: 34-05-25.4160N / 082-34-04.4720W
34-05.423600N / 082-34.074533W
34.0903933 / -82.5679089
(estimated)
Elevation: 517 ft. / 158 m (estimated)
Variation: 04W (1985)
From city: 1 mile E of CALHOUN FALLS, SC
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 29628

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 05/1957
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: AND (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at 27A (12 nm W): 120.875 (706-283-8133)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ELWr151/22.5ELECTRIC CITY VORTAC108.6000E
GRDr246/22.7GREENWOOD VORTAC115.5001W
IRQr323/30.6COLLIERS VORTAC113.9004W
AHNr077/38.6ATHENS VORTAC109.6000E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
WASHINGTON/WILKES COUNTY036/22.543503WIIY .. .. -.--
CORONACA252/25.823904WGIW --. .. .--
BULLDOG079/33.522103WBJT -... .--- -
CLEMSON161/38.425705WCEU -.-. . ..-
LAURENS235/39.630704WLUX .-.. ..- -..-

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions: 3917 x 60 ft. / 1194 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in poor condition
RY 10/28 & APRON CRACKING BADLY. GRASS COMING UP THRU CRACKS.
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: low intensity
Runway edge markings: RY 10 MARKINGS FADED.
RY 28 MARKINGS FADED.
RUNWAY 10  RUNWAY 28
Gradient: 0.4%0.4%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: basic, in poor conditionbasic, in poor condition
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: 39 ft. tree, 866 ft. from runway, 11 ft. right of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear31 ft. tree, 668 ft. from runway, 168 ft. right of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear
4 FT FENCE WITHIN THE PRIMARY SFC.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF CALHOUN FALLS
PO BOX 246
CALHOUN FALLS, SC 29628
Phone 864-447-8512
Manager: FORREST LACONS
PO BOX 246
CALHOUN FALLS, SC 29628
Phone 864-378-1149

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 50/month *
67% transient general aviation
33% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 26 July 2007

Additional Remarks

- REMOTE CONTROLLED ACFT INVOF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 0A2.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

27A - Elbert County Airport-Patz Field (12 nm W)
KIIY - Washington-Wilkes County Airport (22 nm SW)
KGRD - Greenwood County Airport (22 nm NE)
KAND - Anderson Regional Airport (25 nm N)
KHQU - Thomson-McDuffie County Airport (34 nm S)
  
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From to 0A2

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0310:03
Sunrise06:3010:30
Sunset20:2300:23
Evening civil twilight20:5100:51

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-May-2008 19:21:34
Local (UTC-4)  13-May-2008 15:21:34
 
METAR
KGRD 
23nm NE 		131856Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP202 T02170072
KAND 
26nm N 		131856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP192 T02170061
KHQU 
34nm S 		131903Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A3015 RMK AO1
KCEU 
38nm NW 		131854Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP194 T02220056
KAHN 
39nm W 		131851Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 23/06 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02330061
K3J7 
41nm SW 		131900Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 24/06 A3008 RMK AO2 PWINO
KGYH 
41nm N 		131750Z 26004KT 10SM SKC 22/07 A3014
TAF
KAND 
26nm N 		131730Z 131818 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM1200 20006KT P6SM SCT250
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