FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024
Location
FAA Identifier: | 1B5 |
Lat/Long: | 44-11-45.4213N 071-45-02.5318W 44-11.757022N 071-45.042197W 44.1959504,-71.7507033 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 975 ft. / 297 m (estimated) |
Variation: | 16W (1985) |
From city: | 2 miles S of FRANCONIA, NH |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 03580 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 05/1947 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | BOSTON CENTER |
FSS: | BANGOR FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | BGR (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MAY-OCT SAT-SUN 1000 - 1800 ALSO ATNDD ON WKDAY HOLS. CTC AMGR FOR NON-HOL WKDAY ATNDNC. |
Wind indicator: | yes |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX ASOS at HIE (14 nm NE): | 118.525 (603-837-2769) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
MPVr094/30.8 | | MONTPELIER VOR/DME | | 116.90 | | 16W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
MAHN | | 213/10.4 | | 386 | | 17W | | GMA | --. -- .- |
HANOVER | | 047/34.9 | | 276 | | 15W | | LAH | .-.. .- .... |
Airport Services
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | NONE |
Powerplant service: | NONE |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: | 2300 x 150 ft. / 701 x 46 m |
Surface: | turf, in good condition |
Operational restrictions: | FST 200 FT OF RWY 18 ROUGH. |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
Latitude: | 44-11.944667N | | 44-11.569375N |
Longitude: | 071-45.076678W | | 071-45.007713W |
Elevation: | 955.0 ft. | | 975.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | right L PAT FOR GLDRS. |
Runway heading: | 188 magnetic, 172 true | | 008 magnetic, 352 true |
Markings: | none, in fair condition | | none, in fair condition |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 49 ft. trees, 300 ft. from runway, 80 ft. left of centerline, 6:1 slope to clear | | 49 ft. pole, 573 ft. from runway, 70 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Privately-owned |
Owner: | FRANCONIA SOARING FOUNDATION, INC PO BOX 956 FRANCONIA, NH 03580 Phone 603-823-5034 FRANCONIASOARING@GMAIL.COM. |
Manager: | JAMES R DAVID PO BOX 956 FRANCONIA, NH 03580 Phone 603-921-1588 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 12 | Single engine airplanes: | | 2 | Gliders airplanes: | | 10 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 48/week * | 92% | local general aviation | 8% | transient general aviation | * for 12-month period ending 17 October 2018 | |
Additional Remarks
- | RWY SOFT IN SPRING. |
- | GLDR OPNS INVOF ARPT. |
- | FOR CD CTC BOSTON ARTCC AT 603-879-6859. |
- | 4 FT TALL FENCE 92 FT FM RWY 36 L TO R OF CNTRLN. |
- | RENTAL BICYCLES AVBL AT FRANCONIA INN. |
- | TKOFS & LDGS NOT ADZD FM DUSK TO 0900 FOR VOLUNTARY NOISE BATEMENT. |
- | FOR ARPT CONDS CALL 603-823-5034. |
- | AVOID FLYING OVR RESL AREA AT DER 18 DURG BOTH TKOF AND LDG; AVOID LOW ALT AND/OR HIGH PWR SETTINGS IN THIS AREA. |
- | WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | IN CASE OF EMERG CTC NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE POLICE 800-525-5555. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at 1B5.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
5B9 - Dean Memorial Airport (13 nm SW)
KHIE - Mount Washington Regional Airport (14 nm NE)
KCDA - Caledonia County Airport (25 nm NW)
KBML - Berlin Regional Airport (34 nm NE)
KMPV - Edward F Knapp State Airport (35 nm W)
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 28-Mar-2024
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:06 | | 10:06 |
Sunrise | | 06:35 | | 10:35 |
Sunset | | 19:09 | | 23:09 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:38 | | 23:38 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 28-Mar-2024 23:24:39 |
Local (UTC-4) | 28-Mar-2024 19:24:39 |
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METAR |
KHIE 13nm NE | 282252Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC013 04/03 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP123 T00440033
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K1V4 17nm NW | 282254Z AUTO 06/02 A2988 RMK AO1 SLP125 T00610017
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KMWN 21nm E | 282247Z 30005KT 70SM OVC/// OVC050 00/M01 RMK TPS LWR OVC040
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K1P1 25nm S | 282255Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM SCT017 SCT039 SCT060 06/04 A2986 RMK AO2 T00600035
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KCDA 25nm NW | 282255Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM BKN010 OVC018 03/02 A2991 RMK AO2 T00330017
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TAF |
KHIE 13nm NE | 281738Z 2818/2918 VRB03KT 3SM -SHRA BR OVC012 FM290500 30009KT P6SM OVC025
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NOTAMs |
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