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1S9 Sand Canyon Airport
Chewelah, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 1S9
Lat/Long: 48-18-50.6890N / 117-44-36.2050W
48-18.844817N / 117-44.603417W
48.3140803 / -117.7433903
(estimated)
Elevation: 2084 ft. / 635 m (estimated)
Variation: 20E (1985)
From city: 2 miles N of CHEWELAH, WA
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99109

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1979
Sectional chart: SEATTLE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: SEATTLE CENTER
FSS: SEATTLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: SEA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 17/35 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
DEER PARK313/24.421616EDPY -.. .--. -.--
IONE188/27.137921EION .. --- -.

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 3446 x 48 ft. / 1050 x 15 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 48-19.124150N48-18.565467N
Longitude: 117-44.531783W117-44.675067W
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Displaced threshold: 230 ft.101 ft.
Markings: basic, in fair conditionbasic, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Obstructions: 6 ft. tree, 275 ft. from runway, 63 ft. right of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear
3' DITCH +1' TO +3' ROCKS & RD 2' FM THR; +8' TREES 100-200' FM THR.
none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF CHEWELAH
PO BOX 258
CHEWELAH, WA 99109
Phone 509-935-8311
Manager: LEE DORRANCE
PO BOX 1367
CHEWELAH, WA 99109
Phone 509-935-4852

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 17
Single engine airplanes: 16
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 30/day *
59% local general aviation
41% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2005

Additional Remarks

ALL PATTERNS TO THE WEST.
DEER & WILDLIFEON & INVOF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 1S9.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KDEW - Deer Park Airport (24 nm SE)
KSFF - Felts Field Airport (41 nm SE)
KSKA - Fairchild Air Force Base (42 nm S)
KGEG - Spokane International Airport (42 nm S)
KSZT - Sandpoint Airport (47 nm E)
 
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Aerial photo of 1S9 (Sand Canyon Airport)
Photo by P.J. Reinders
Taken in September 2008

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 28-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4314:43
Sunrise07:1815:18
Sunset16:0024:00
Evening civil twilight16:3500:35

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  29-Nov-2009 03:23:31
Local (UTC-8)  28-Nov-2009 19:23:31
 
METAR
KDEW 
24nm SE 
290253Z AUTO 16003KT 9SM OVC017 01/00 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP279 T00060000 53004
KSFF 
42nm SE 
290253Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW023 OVC090 04/M01 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP274 T00391006 51005
KSKA 
42nm S 
290255Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM OVC080 01/01 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP272 T00140014 51004
KGEG 
43nm S 
290253Z 19008KT 10SM FEW016 OVC095 02/00 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP268 T00220000 51004
KSZT 
47nm E 
290250Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM OVC024 01/00 A3028 RMK AO2
TAF
KSFF 
42nm SE 
290217Z 2902/2924 20005KT P6SM FEW023 OVC090 FM291200 00000KT P6SM BKN015 OVC050 FM291900 VRB02KT P6SM BKN025 OVC030
KGEG 
43nm S 
290217Z 2902/2924 19006KT P6SM FEW015 OVC080 FM291200 15003KT 6SM BR VCSH BKN009 OVC025 FM292100 09003KT P6SM BKN018 OVC040
KCOE 
50nm SE 
282335Z 2900/2924 20010KT P6SM -SHSN SCT018 BKN035 TEMPO 2900/2904 P6SM -SN BKN020 FM290400 VRB04KT P6SM -SN BKN030 OVC080 FM291000 15004KT P6SM VCSH BKN019 OVC030 FM291900 10004KT P6SM SCT020 BKN035 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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