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3M8 North Pickens Airport
Reform, Alabama, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 3M8
Lat/Long: 33-23-12.3100N / 088-00-23.6850W
33-23.205167N / 088-00.394750W
33.3867528 / -88.0065792
(estimated)
Elevation: 237 ft. / 72 m (estimated)
Variation: 01W (2000)
From city: 1 mile N of REFORM, AL
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 35481

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1970
Sectional chart: MEMPHIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 01/19 AND TRCV RYS 01 & 19 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
COLUMBUS APPROACH: 135.6
COLUMBUS DEPARTURE: 135.6
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 127.1/269.4 (COLUMBUS RCAG) WHEN COLUMBUS APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LDKr285/24.8CRIMSON VORTAC117.8003E
IGBr099/26.1BIGBEE VORTAC116.2004E
CBMr125/26.5CALEDONIA VORTAC115.2000E
OKWr283/38.9BROOKWOOD VORTAC111.0000E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ALICEVILLE029/18.7254AIV .- .. ...-
FAYETTE206/21.920400EFDF ..-. -.. ..-.

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 1/19

Dimensions: 5144 x 80 ft. / 1568 x 24 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 1  RUNWAY 19
Latitude: 33-22.783833N33-23.626500N
Longitude: 088-00.452333W088-00.337167W
Elevation: 230.4 ft.236.8 ft.
Gradient: 0.1% UP0.1% DOWN
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 008 magnetic, 007 true188 magnetic, 187 true
Displaced threshold: 138 ft.
5006 FT AVBL FOR NIGHT OPNS.
no
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: tri-color VASI on left (6.00 degrees glide path)tri-color VASI on left (5.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 61 ft. trees, 852 ft. from runway, 197 ft. right of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE 16:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
43 ft. tree, 480 ft. from runway, 267 ft. left of centerline, 6:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: PICKENS CO CMSN
P.O.BOX 460
CARROLLTON, AL 35447
Phone 205-367-2020
Manager: WILLIAM H. LANG
P.O.BOX 460
CARROLLTON, AL 35447
Phone 205-375-6821
CMSN CHAIRMAN.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 11
Single engine airplanes: 7
Multi engine airplanes: 2
Jet airplanes: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 66/week *
74% transient general aviation
26% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 29 October 2008

Additional Remarks

PAY PHONE OUTSIDE OF HNGR 205-875-6202.

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 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 19   download (288KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KUBS - Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (19 nm W)
M95 - Richard Arthur Field Airport (22 nm NE)
KTCL - Tuscaloosa Regional Airport (22 nm SE)
KCBM - Columbus Air Force Base (27 nm NW)
M55 - Lamar County Airport (28 nm N)
 
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From to 3M8

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0712:07
Sunrise06:3412:34
Sunset16:4522:45
Evening civil twilight17:1123:11

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  25-Nov-2009 20:47:33
Local (UTC-6)  25-Nov-2009 14:47:33
 
METAR
KTCL 
22nm SE 
251953Z 29006KT 10SM CLR 18/M01 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01781011
KCBM 
27nm NW 
251955Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 16/01 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP182 T01620007 $
KGTR 
28nm W 
251945Z 13005KT 10SM SKC 17/02 A3007
TAF
KTCL 
22nm SE 
251727Z 2518/2618 31006KT P6SM SKC FM260000 00000KT P6SM SKC
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