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3A1 Folsom Field Airport
Cullman, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 3A1
Lat/Long: 34-16-07.3000N / 086-51-28.9000W
34-16.121667N / 086-51.481667W
34.2686944 / -86.8580278
(estimated)
Elevation: 969 ft. / 295.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01W (1990)
From city: 5 miles N of CULLMAN, AL
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 35179

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 12/1958
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: 3A1 (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0700-1700
CLSD CHRISTMAS DAY.
FOR SVC AFT HRS CALL (256) 708-2295.
Pattern altitude: 1969 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 02/20 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 124.175 (256-775-7476)
HUNTSVILLE APPROACH: 118.05
HUNTSVILLE DEPARTURE: 118.05
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 120.8/307.0 (HUNTSVILLE RCAG) WHEN HUNTSVILLE APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
DCUr171/23.1DECATUR VOR/DME112.8001W
RQZr197/33.6ROCKET VORTAC112.2002E
VUZr001/36.0VULCAN VORTAC114.4002E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
COLE SPRING197/6.223001WCPP -.-. .--. .--.
REDSTONE198/27.128700WHUA .... ..- .-
CAPSHAW188/30.635001WCWH -.-. .-- ....
SARATOGA274/31.529602WARF .- .-. ..-.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A1+
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 2/20

Dimensions: 5500 x 100 ft. / 1676 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 2  RUNWAY 20
Latitude: 34-15.687493N34-16.556650N
Longitude: 086-51.637463W086-51.327013W
Elevation: 934.2 ft.969.2 ft.
Gradient: 0.6% UP0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 018 magnetic, 017 true198 magnetic, 197 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 32 ft. trees, 1710 ft. from runway, 4 ft. left of centerline, 47:1 slope to clear76 ft. tree, 1327 ft. from runway, 77 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY/COUNTY OF CULLMAN
PO BOX 278
CULLMAN, AL 35056
Phone 256-739-1212
Manager: BOB BURNS
231 CO RD 1360
VINEMONT, AL 35179
Phone 256-775-1011

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 57
Single engine airplanes: 49
Multi engine airplanes: 3
Helicopters: 5
    
Aircraft operations: avg 104/day *
59% transient general aviation
40% local general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 10 October 2007

Additional Remarks

EXTENSIVE FLIGHT TNG WITHIN ARPT AREA.
GCO AVAILABLE ON FREQ 121.725 HUNTSVILLE CLNC.

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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 02 **NEW**   download (233KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 20 **NEW**   download (266KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply **NEW**   download (26KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

5M0 - Hartselle-Morgan County Regional Airport (9 nm NW)
KHSV - Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field (22 nm N)
KDCU - Pryor Field Regional Airport (24 nm N)
KHUA - Redstone Army Airfield (26 nm N)
8A0 - Albertville Regional Airport-Thomas J Brumlik Field (30 nm E)
 
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From to 3A1

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4911:49
Sunrise06:1512:15
Sunset16:4822:48
Evening civil twilight17:1423:14

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 17:15:29
Local (UTC-6)  08-Nov-2009 11:15:29
 
METAR
K3A1 081700Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 22/12 A3031 RMK AO2 T02170117
TAF
KHSV 
23nm N 
081123Z 0812/0912 13004KT P6SM SCT250
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Cullman Airport/Folsom Field 256-775-1011
no information available

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100LL Jet A
FS $4.00 $3.70 
SS $3.70 --- 
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SS=Self service
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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 Folsom Field Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Folsom Field 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 3A1 have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
SLEEP INN AND SUITES CULLMAN 4.2 75-76
BEST WESTERN FAIRWINDS INN 4.6 66-146
 

Other hotels near Folsom Field Airport

Miles Price ($)
QUALITY INN CULLMAN 4.3 80-90
COMFORT SUITES CULLMAN 4.4 109-119
SUPER 8 MOTEL - CULLMAN 4.4 47-55
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES CULLMAN 4.5 99-113

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 Folsom Field Airport

8 in Cullman
1 in Hartselle
4 in Priceville
 

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