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3CO2 Mertens Airport
Sterling, Colorado, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 3CO2
Lat/Long: 40-37-02.9420N / 103-19-59.7660W
40-37.049033N / 103-19.996100W
40.6174839 / -103.3332683
(estimated)
Elevation: 4192 ft. / 1278 m (estimated)
Variation: 11E (1985)
From city: 6 miles W of STERLING, CO
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -6 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 80751

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 06/1975
Sectional chart: CHEYENNE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: DENVER CENTER
FSS: DENVER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-3 at STK (3 nm E): 118.525 (970-526-3009)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
AKOr333/28.6AKRON VOR/DME114.4013E
SNYr196/32.9SIDNEY VORTAC115.9013E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BATTEN306/7.039211EBAJ -... .- .---
KIMBALL146/37.731710EIBM .. -... --

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 4000 x 100 ft. / 1219 x 30 m
Surface: gravel/dirt
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Obstructions: road, 300 ft. from runwaypline, 900 ft. from runway

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: DARREL MERTENS
BOX 535
STERLING, CO 80751
Phone 303-522-1941
970-520-1941 (CELL)
Manager: DARREL MERTENS
BOX 535
STERLING, CO 80751
Phone 303-522-1941

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 4
Single engine airplanes: 4
    

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 3CO2.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KSTK - Sterling Municipal Airport (3 nm E)
KAKO - Colorado Plains Regional Airport (27 nm S)
KSNY - Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Field Airport (33 nm NE)
KIBM - Kimball Municipal Airport/Robert E Arraj Field (38 nm NW)
KCNP - Billy G Ray Field Airport (48 nm NE)
 
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Area around 3CO2 (Mertens Airport)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-7)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0513:05
Sunrise06:3413:34
Sunset16:4023:40
Evening civil twilight17:0900:09

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Nov-2009 21:18:35
Local (UTC-7)  09-Nov-2009 14:18:35
 
METAR
KAKO 
28nm S 
092053Z AUTO 17013KT 10SM CLR 12/M06 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP246 T01221061 56018
KSNY 
33nm NE 
092053Z AUTO 16016KT 10SM CLR 13/M06 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP263 T01281056 55015 TSNO
KIBM 
38nm NW 
092050Z AUTO 17013G17KT 10SM CLR 12/M06 A3027 RMK AO2 T01171062
TAF
KSNY 
33nm NE 
091735Z 0918/1018 16014G21KT P6SM SCT150 FM092300 16008KT P6SM SKC

 
 

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