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0B5 Turners Falls Airport
Montague, Massachusetts, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012

Location

FAA Identifier: 0B5
Lat/Long: 42-35-29.8000N / 072-31-22.8000W
42-35.496667N / 072-31.380000W
42.5916111 / -72.5230000
(estimated)
Elevation: 359 ft. / 109.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 15W (1995)
From city: 3 miles N of MONTAGUE, MA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 01376

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 02/1940
Sectional chart: NEW YORK
Control tower: no
ARTCC: BOSTON CENTER
FSS: BURLINGTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: BTV (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0830-1730
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 16/34; VASI RY 34 & REIL RY 34 - CTAF.
ACTVT MIRL RY 16/34 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Taxiway lights: NORTH STUB TWY ONLY, GEN AVIATION OPN BASED ON M ASTER PLAN SURVEY.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
WX ASOS at ORE (10 nm E): 135.675 (978-544-6774)
  • UNICOM ATTENDED 0800-1800.
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY BOSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 123.75/338.2 (GARDNER RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
EENr234/15.9KEENE VORTAC109.4014W
GDMr292/20.7GARDNER VOR/DME110.6014W
CEFr014/23.6WESTOVER VORTAC114.0014W
CTRr059/26.1CHESTER VOR/DME115.1013W
BAFr032/27.2BARNES VORTAC113.0014W
BDLr025/39.7BRADLEY VORTAC109.0014W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ORANGE293/10.620515WORE --- .-. .
MOUNT SNOW158/25.122415WVWD ...- .-- -..
DALTON091/29.537015WDXT -.. -..- -
FITCHBURG289/33.936515WFIT ..-. .. -

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions: 3200 x 75 ft. / 975 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in excellent condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 16  RUNWAY 34
Latitude: 42-35.706193N42-35.287208N
Longitude: 072-31.596093W072-31.163990W
Elevation: 352.7 ft.358.7 ft.
Gradient: 0.2% UP0.3%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 158 magnetic, 143 true338 magnetic, 323 true
Displaced threshold: no550 ft.
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (4.30 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 33 ft. trees, 500 ft. from runway, 130 ft. left of centerline, 9:1 slope to clear30 ft. trees, 800 ft. from runway, 150 ft. right of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: TOWN OF MONTAGUE
1 AVENUE A
TURNERS FALLS, MA 01376
Phone 413-863-3211
Manager: MICHAEL LONGO
C/O TOWN OF MONTAGUE, 1 AVENUE A
TURNERS FALLS, MA 01376
Phone 413-863-0044

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 29
Single engine airplanes: 29
    
Aircraft operations: avg 48/day *
71% local general aviation
28% transient general aviation
<1% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 01 November 2011

Additional Remarks

- NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES RY 34, CALM WIND RY, WIND 3-5 KTS. OR LESS; HEADING OF 335 ASAP SAFELY AFT DEP.
- RY 34 IS CALM WIND RY.
- ACFT DEPARTING RY 34 WILL AVOID OVERFLIGHT OF RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL AREAS BY TAKING A HEADING OF 335 DEGS.

Instrument Procedures

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NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 9 February 2012 at 0901Z and 8 March 2012 at 0900Z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
VOR OR GPS-A **CHANGED**   download (214KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (42KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KORE - Orange Municipal Airport (10 nm E)
7B2 - Northampton Airport (16 nm S)
KEEN - Dillant-Hopkins Airport (22 nm NE)
KGDM - Gardner Municipal Airport (23 nm E)
KCEF - Westover Air Reserve Base/Metropolitan Airport (24 nm S)
  
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From to 0B5

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 12-Feb-2012
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2311:23
Sunrise06:5211:52
Sunset17:1722:17
Evening civil twilight17:4622:46

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  12-Feb-2012 06:21:31
Local (UTC-5)  12-Feb-2012 01:21:31
 
METAR
KORE 
11nm E 		120552Z AUTO 33017G23KT 10SM CLR M08/M16 A2964 RMK AO2 SLP042 T10781161 10006 21078 53019
KEEN 
21nm NE 		120555Z AUTO 35016G23KT 10SM CLR M09/M17 A2966 RMK AO1 11010 21090 52017
TAF
KCEF 
23nm S 		1202/1302 01015G25KT 9999 BKN120 520003 520409 QNH2955INS BECMG 1208/1209 33015G20KT 9999 SCT080 520003 QNH2962INS BECMG 1216/1217 30015G25KT 9999 SCT080 520003 QNH2966INS BECMG 1219/1220 30015G35KT 9999 SCT050 530005 QNH2968INS T01/1221Z TM10/1212Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 1204 NEXT 1211
KBAF 
27nm S 		120548Z 1206/1306 32017G26KT P6SM SKC FM121200 32012G23KT P6SM SKC FM121900 32016G27KT P6SM BKN110 FM122100 32015G27KT P6SM BKN040 FM130100 32012G23KT P6SM BKN060 FM130200 32010G19KT P6SM SCT070 FM130500 28006KT P6SM SCT040
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Turners Falls Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Turners Falls Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into 0B5 have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
RED ROOF SOUTH DEERFIELD 9.4 68-80
 

Other hotels near Turners Falls Airport

Miles Price ($)
QUALITY INN GREENFIELD 4.8 139-149
HAMPTON INN SUITES GREENFIELD 5.1 127-149
DAYS INN GREENFIELD 5.1 101-151

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport. 		    

Hotels in other cities near Turners Falls Airport

7 in Hadley
8 in Brattleboro, VT
4 in Northampton
 

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