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3IS4 Merkle Airport
Hanover, Illinois, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 3IS4
Lat/Long: 42-17-20.0510N 090-20-43.4620W
42-17.334183N 090-20.724367W
42.2889031,-90.3454061
(estimated)
Elevation: 970 ft. / 296 m (estimated)
Variation: 01E (1985)
From city: 3 miles W of HANOVER, IL
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 61041

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 12/1983
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CHICAGO CENTER
FSS: KANKAKEE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at DBQ (18 nm NW): PHONE 563-202-1292
WX AWOS-3PT at SFY (18 nm SE): 118.650 (815-273-4429)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
DBQr109/17.5DUBUQUE VORTAC115.8004E
CVAr006/35.4DAVENPORT VORTAC113.8004E

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 2900 x 100 ft. / 884 x 30 m
Surface: turf
Runway edge lights: low intensity
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: 300 ft.no
Obstructions: road, 300 ft. from runway4 ft. fence, 200 ft. from runway

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: NATHAN AND KAREN GREINER
6635 W BEATY HOLLOW ROAD
HANOVER, IL 61041
Phone 815-281-0772
Manager: NATHAN AND KAREN GREINER
6635 W BEATY HOLLOW ROAD
HANOVER, IL 61041
Phone 815-281-0773

Additional Remarks

- FOR CD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 3IS4.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KDBQ - Dubuque Regional Airport (18 nm NW)
KSFY - Tri-Township Airport (18 nm SE)
KOQW - Maquoketa Municipal Airport (23 nm SW)
KPVB - Platteville Municipal Airport (24 nm N)
KCWI - Clinton Municipal Airport (27 nm S)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Dec-2025
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5312:53
Sunrise07:2513:25
Sunset16:2922:29
Evening civil twilight17:0123:01

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Dec-2025 12:06:14
Local (UTC-6)  16-Dec-2025 06:06:14
 
METAR
KDBQ 
17nm NW 		161153Z 19006KT 9SM CLR M09/M11 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP142 T10941111 11078 21111 56021 $
KSFY 
18nm SE 		161155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M11/M13 A2997 RMK AO2 T11121132 11105 21128
KPVB 
24nm N 		161155Z AUTO 15006KT 7SM CLR M10/M11 A2990 RMK AO1 T10961107 11089 21103
KCWI 
28nm S 		161156Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR M11/M13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP159 T11111128 11094 21122 56017 FZRANO
KFEP 
34nm E 		161155Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR M09/M12 A2996 RMK AO2 T10901121 11075 21117
TAF
KDBQ 
17nm NW 		161120Z 1612/1712 17005KT 6SM BR BKN200 TEMPO 1612/1614 3SM BR FM161500 20010KT P6SM SCT200 FM162300 24010KT P6SM BKN150 FM170600 30012KT P6SM BKN200
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