FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | 3GA8 |
| Lat/Long: | 32-19-46.0000N / 082-38-06.0000W
32-19.766667N / 082-38.100000W
32.3294444 / -82.6350000
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 251 ft. / 77 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 03W (1990) |
| From city: | 3 miles SW of SOPERTON, GA |
| Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 30457 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Private use. Permission required prior to landing |
| Activation date: | 04/1995 |
| Sectional chart: | ATLANTA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | JACKSONVILLE CENTER |
| FSS: | MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Airport Communications
| UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3 at VDI (16 nm SE): | 119.925 (912-538-0219) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| DBNr150/17.2 | | DUBLIN VORTAC | | 113.10 | | 05W |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| ONYUN | | 294/18.2 | | 372 | | 04W | | UQN | ..- --.- -. |
| MC RAE | | 045/18.9 | | 280 | | 03W | | MQW | -- --.- .-- |
| EMANUEL COUNTY | | 209/22.2 | | 309 | | 04W | | EEX | . . -..- |
| HAZLEHURST | | 004/27.0 | | 414 | | 03W | | AZE | .- --.. . |
| METTER | | 268/28.0 | | 432 | | 03W | | MHP | -- .... .--. |
| EASTMAN | | 070/28.8 | | 366 | | 04W | | EZM | . --.. -- |
| PRISON | | 307/29.4 | | 424 | | 03W | | RVJ | .-. ...- .--- |
| BAXLEY | | 345/39.1 | | 376 | | 04W | | BHC | -... .... -.-. |
| CLAXTON | | 286/39.1 | | 395 | | 04W | | CWV | -.-. .-- ...- |
Airport Services
Runway Information
Runway 9/27
| Dimensions: | 1500 x 150 ft. / 457 x 46 m |
| Surface: | turf |
| RUNWAY 9 | | RUNWAY 27 |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Privately-owned |
| Owner: | HOWARD B CAULEY
RT 2 BOX 117B
SOPERTON, GA 30457
Phone 912-529-6467 |
| Manager: | HOWARD B CAULEY
RT 2 BOX 117B
SOPERTON, GA 30457
Phone 912-529-6467 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 3 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 3 |
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Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at 3GA8.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KVDI - Vidalia Regional Airport (16 nm SE)
KMQW - Telfair-Wheeler Airport (19 nm SW)
KSBO - Emanuel County Airport (21 nm NE)
KDBN - W H 'Bud' Barron Airport (23 nm NW)
KEZM - Heart of Georgia Regional Airport (26 nm W)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 11-Oct-2008
| | Local
(UTC-4) | | Zulu
(UTC) |
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:08 | | 11:08 |
| Sunrise | | 07:33 | | 11:33 |
| Sunset | | 19:01 | | 23:01 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 19:26 | | 23:26 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 11-Oct-2008 05:23:10 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 11-Oct-2008 01:23:10 |
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| METAR |
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KVDI
16nm SE | 110459Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM SCT008 BKN019 OVC044 22/21 A3007 RMK AO1
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KDBN
23nm NW | 110500Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM SCT020 BKN030 OVC036 21/18 A3011 RMK AO1
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