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3F5 Forest Hill Airport
Westphalia, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 3F5
Lat/Long: 42-54-44.1210N / 084-40-31.9580W
42-54.735350N / 084-40.532633W
42.9122558 / -84.6755439
(estimated)
Elevation: 775 ft. / 236 m (estimated)
Variation: 05W (1990)
From city: 6 miles SE of WESTPHALIA, MI
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 48879

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 08/1994
Sectional chart: DETROIT
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CLEVELAND CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LAN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at LAN (9 nm SE): PHONE 517-886-0015

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LANr010/11.7LANSING VORTAC110.8005W
GRRr082/36.9GRAND RAPIDS VOR/DME115.9504W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ALMA174/25.132905WAMN .- -- -.
HOWELL304/34.624305WOZW --- --.. .--

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 2070 x 80 ft. / 631 x 24 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings: RYS 09/27 & 18/36 EDGES & DSPLCD THLDS MKD WITH 3 FT YELLOW CONES.
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Obstructions: 90 ft. trees, 1260 ft. from runway, 104 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear
RWY 09 APCH RATIO 20:1 STRAIGHT OUT.
40 ft. trees, 1320 ft. from runway, 33:1 slope to clear

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 1900 x 80 ft. / 579 x 24 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: 185 ft.380 ft.
Obstructions: 15 ft. road, 60 ft. from runway, 4:1 slope to clear
RWY 18 APCH RATIO 16:1 TO DSPLCD THLD, +85 FT TREE 1,200 FT DSTC, 264 FT L.
25 ft. tree, 28 ft. from runway, 75 ft. left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear
RWY 36 APCH RATIO 16:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: RICHARD L. LYON
5101 S ST CLAIR RD
SAINT JOHNS, MI 48879
Phone 989-834-5858
Manager: RICHARD L. LYON
5101 S ST CLAIR RD
SAINT JOHNS, MI 48879
Phone 989-834-5858

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 1
Single engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: 100/year *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2005

Additional Remarks

RY 09 HAS A 30 FT PLINE IN APCH 606 FT FM THLD.
RYS 09/27 & 18/36 SOFT IN SPRING.
DEER AND BIRDS ON AND INVOF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 3F5.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

4D0 - Abrams Municipal Airport (9 nm S)
KLAN - Capital City Airport (9 nm SE)
Y70 - Ionia County Airport (17 nm W)
60G - Skyway Estates Airport (20 nm S)
KFPK - Fitch H Beach Airport (21 nm S)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4509:45
Sunrise06:1810:18
Sunset20:5200:52
Evening civil twilight21:2501:25

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-May-2008 19:17:02
Local (UTC-4)  13-May-2008 15:17:02
 
METAR
KLAN 
9nm SE 
131853Z 17014G21KT 10SM FEW180 SCT230 19/08 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01890078
TAF
KLAN 
9nm SE 
131740Z 131818 17012G19KT P6SM BKN250 FM0500 18014G23KT P6SM VCSH OVC070 FM1000 19014G21KT 4SM -TSRA OVC015CB FM1300 22014KT 4SM -SHRA OVC015 FM1600 25013KT P6SM VCSH OVC025
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Hotels in other cities near Forest Hill Airport

2 in DeWitt
1 in Portland
16 in Lansing
8 in East Lansing
1 in Dimondale
3 in Okemos
 

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