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35C Wells Airport
Rockford, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: 35C
Lat/Long: 43-07-42.1010N / 085-30-19.1060W
43-07.701683N / 085-30.318433W
43.1283614 / -85.5053072
(estimated)
Elevation: 890 ft. / 271 m (estimated)
Variation: 04W (1985)
From city: 3 miles NE of ROCKFORD, MI
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 49341

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 06/1965
Sectional chart: CHICAGO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CHICAGO CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LAN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MAY-NOV DAYLIGHT HOURS
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-A at 8D4 (8 nm W): 132.95 (616-887-2039)
WX ASOS at GRR (15 nm S): PHONE 616-956-3224

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GRRr003/20.5GRAND RAPIDS VOR/DME115.9504W
MKGr097/23.5MUSKEGON VORTAC115.2001W
HICr162/28.3WHITE CLOUD VOR/DME117.6001W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ALMA255/33.532905WAMN .- -- -.
HOLLAND058/34.923303WHLM .... .-.. --

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 2200 x 100 ft. / 671 x 30 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings: RY 18 /36 & DSPLD THLD MKD WITH 3 FT YELLOW CONES.
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 43-07.886000N43-07.517167N
Longitude: 085-30.318333W085-30.318333W
Elevation: 890.0 ft.890.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: no400 ft.
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: 30 ft. tree, 102 ft. left of centerline
APCH RATIO 25:1 STRAIGHT OUT.
50 ft. tree, 120 ft. left of centerline
APCH RATIO 0:1 AT DSPLCD THLD BASED ON 60 FT TREES, 100R/L, 0 FT FM DSPLD THLD, 20:1 STRAIGHT OUT OVR 39 FT TREES, 780 FT DSTC.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: TERRY FINGER
6530 11 MILE ROAD
ROCKFORD, MI 49341
Phone 616-884-0150
Manager: TERRY FINGER
6530 11 MILE RD
ROCKFORD, MI 49341
Phone 616-901-5269

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 3
Single engine airplanes: 2
Gliders airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 33/month *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2010

Additional Remarks

ARPT CLSD DEC TO APR.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 35C.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

8D4 - Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport (8 nm W)
6D6 - Greenville Municipal Airport (11 nm E)
KGRR - Gerald R. Ford International Airport (15 nm S)
13C - Lakeview-Griffith Field Airport (22 nm NE)
Y70 - Ionia County Airport (23 nm SE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 18-May-2013
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4309:43
Sunrise06:1610:16
Sunset21:0101:01
Evening civil twilight21:3401:34

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-May-2013 12:41:22
Local (UTC-4)  18-May-2013 08:41:22
 
METAR
KGRR 
15nm S 
181153Z 08007KT 10SM BKN090 BKN130 14/07 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP207 T01390072 10150 20128 51009
KY70 
23nm SE 
181214Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM BKN050 OVC065 13/08 A3015 RMK AO2 T01300078
KFFX 
28nm NW 
181215Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM OVC095 13/07 A3014 RMK AO2 T01260070
TAF
KGRR 
15nm S 
181138Z 1812/1912 09008KT P6SM BKN120 FM181800 11008KT P6SM BKN050
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Hotels in other cities near Wells Airport

1 in Comstock Park
36 in Grand Rapids
5 in Walker
5 in Grandville
 

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