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12D Tower Municipal Airport
Tower, Minnesota, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: 12D
Lat/Long: 47-49-05.3600N / 092-17-09.8400W
47-49.089333N / 092-17.164000W
47.8181556 / -92.2860667
(estimated)
Elevation: 1369.9 ft. / 417.5 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01W (2010)
From city: 1 mile NW of TOWER, MN
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 55790

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 12/1959
Sectional chart: GREEN BAY
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: PNM (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: MIRL RY 08/26 PRESET MEDIUM INTNSTY TO INCREASE INTNSTY & ACTVT - CTAF.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at CQM (16 nm W): 118.175 (218-666-2539)
WX AWOS-3 at ELO (18 nm E): 132.025 (218-365-3814)
  • APP/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNIANAPOLIS CENTER ON 127./281.45 (DULUTH RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ELOr269/18.4ELY VOR/DME109.6000E
EVMr019/25.3EVELETH VOR/DME108.2001E
HIBr027/35.3HIBBING VOR/DME110.8002E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ORR115/26.134102EORB --- .-. -...
SCOTT162/27.638502ESCG ... -.-. --.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
SELF SERVICE FUEL AVBL 24 HRS WITH CREDIT CARD.
Parking: tiedowns

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 3400 x 75 ft. / 1036 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 47-49.075667N47-49.103000N
Longitude: 092-17.578667W092-16.749333W
Elevation: 1365.8 ft.1369.9 ft.
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 15 ft. road, 310 ft. from runway, 220 ft. left of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear59 ft. trees, 1005 ft. from runway, 345 ft. left of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear

Runway 14W/32W

Dimensions: 5000 x 200 ft. / 1524 x 61 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY 14W  RUNWAY 32W
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF TOWER
BOX 576, 602 MAIN ST.
TOWER, MN 55790
Phone 218-753-4070
Manager: TIM KOTZIAN
BOX 576, 602 MAIN ST.
TOWER, MN 55790
Phone 218-753-4070

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 23
Single engine airplanes: 20
Helicopters: 2
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 71/week *
73% local general aviation
27% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 May 2010

Additional Remarks

270 FT HILL 2500 FT SOUTHEAST OF ARPT.
ULTRALIGHT TRAFFIC ON & INVOF ARPT.

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 between 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08   download (178KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26   download (178KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KCQM - Cook Municipal Airport (16 nm W)
KELO - Ely Municipal Airport (18 nm E)
KEVM - Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport (25 nm S)
KORB - Orr Regional Airport (26 nm NW)
KHIB - Range Regional Airport (34 nm SW)
 
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From to 12D

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 18-May-2013
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:5109:51
Sunrise05:2810:28
Sunset20:4301:43
Evening civil twilight21:2002:20

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-May-2013 13:13:06
Local (UTC-5)  18-May-2013 08:13:06
 
METAR
KCQM 
16nm W 
181256Z AUTO 11003KT 7SM RA OVC010 10/09 A2999 RMK AO2
KELO 
19nm E 
181252Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM RA SCT010 OVC015 09/08 A3000 RMK AO2 P0010
KORB 
26nm NW 
181254Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM -RA OVC012 09/08 A2996 RMK AO2 P0007
KEVM 
27nm S 
181249Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM OVC004 11/10 A3000 RMK AO2 P0001
KCDD 
29nm NW 
181250Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC017 10/04 A3001 RMK AO2
TAF
KHIB 
34nm SW 
181138Z 1812/1912 14006KT P6SM VCSH BKN008 OVC018 TEMPO 1812/1815 2SM +TSRA BR SCT008 OVC018CB FM181500 15008KT P6SM -RA VCTS BKN018CB OVC026 TEMPO 1815/1818 3SM -TSRA BR BKN012CB OVC022 FM182200 16009KT P6SM SCT022 OVC150 FM190300 12004KT 4SM -RA BR OVC007
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Tower Municipal Airport 218-753-2307
no information available

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100LL
SS $5.50 
 Updated 17-Apr-2013
 
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Other Pages about Tower Municipal Airport

cityoftower.com/towerairport.html
PDF page(s) from the Minnesota Airport Directory
PDF page(s) from the Minnesota Airport Directory (seaplane base)
 
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