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3T5 Fayette Regional Air Center Airport
La Grange, Texas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 3T5
Lat/Long: 29-54-28.7000N / 096-57-00.0000W
29-54.478333N / 096-57.000000W
29.9079722 / -96.9500000
(estimated)
Elevation: 324 ft. / 98.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 06E (2000)
From city: 2 miles W of LA GRANGE, TX
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 78945

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1992
Sectional chart: HOUSTON
Control tower: no
ARTCC: HOUSTON CENTER
FSS: MONTGOMERY COUNTY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: 3T5 (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0500-1700
FOR ARPT ATTENDANT AFT HRS CALL 979-966-9139.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 16/34 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST ACTVT CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX AWOS-3: 124.175 (979-242-5777)
WX AWOS-3 at GYB (16 nm N): 119.225 (979-542-0382)
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY HOUSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 132.15/279.6 (SEALY RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
IDUr254/20.4INDUSTRY VORTAC110.2008E
ELAr286/36.1EAGLE LAKE VOR/DME116.4008E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BRENHAM232/35.436206EBNH -... -. ....
YOAKUM009/37.135006EOKT --- -.- -

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
FUEL AVBL 24 HRS WITH CREDIT CARD.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Powerplant service: MINOR

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions: 5000 x 75 ft. / 1524 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 16  RUNWAY 34
Latitude: 29-54.872333N29-54.085667N
Longitude: 096-57.143333W096-56.858167W
Elevation: 307.7 ft.324.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.3% UP
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 156 magnetic, 162 true336 magnetic, 342 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 39 ft. trees, 1285 ft. from runway, 160 ft. left of centerline, 27:1 slope to clear49 ft. tree, 1425 ft. from runway, 357 ft. left of centerline, 25:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: FAYETTE COUNTY
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
LA GRANGE, TX 78945
Phone 979-968-6469
Manager: JOSEPH (SKIP) CALDWELL
850 AIRPORT ROAD
LA GRANGE, TX 78945
Phone 979-242-4056
AFTER HOURS PHONE 979-966-9139.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 18
Single engine airplanes: 15
Multi engine airplanes: 2
Jet airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 25/day *
67% local general aviation
33% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 05 June 2007

Additional Remarks

GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU HOUSTON ARTCC & FLT SVCS.

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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 16   download (206KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 34   download (216KB)
VOR/DME-A   download (152KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (25KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KGYB - Giddings-Lee County Airport (16 nm N)
11R - Brenham Municipal Airport (35 nm NE)
T85 - Yoakum Municipal Airport (37 nm S)
KELA - Eagle Lake Airport (38 nm SE)
50R - Lockhart Municipal Airport (38 nm W)
 
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Sectional chart
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Airport diagram
Diagram of 3T5 (Fayette Regional Air Center Airport)
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From to 3T5

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2312:23
Sunrise06:4812:48
Sunset17:3523:35
Evening civil twilight18:0000:00

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 14:56:15
Local (UTC-6)  08-Nov-2009 08:56:15
 
METAR
K3T5 081425Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR OVC008 19/18 A3004 RMK AO2 T01910175
KGYB 
16nm N 
081425Z AUTO 04004KT 3SM BR OVC004 17/17 A3010 RMK AO2 T01740166
TAF
KAUS 
45nm NW 
081348Z 0814/0918 01004KT 1/4SM FG OVC003 FM081600 VRB03KT 2SM BR BKN012 OVC025 FM081800 12006KT P6SM VCTS BKN025 OVC040CB FM082000 11007KT P6SM VCTS BKN035CB OVC070 FM090600 02004KT 2SM BR BKN010 OVC020 FM091500 01005KT P6SM BKN025
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Fayette Aero 979-242-3316
[web site]
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Hangar leasing / sales, GPU / Power cart, Passenger terminal and lounge, ...

More info about Fayette Aero
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100LL Jet A
SS $3.80 $3.90 
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BEST WESTERN LA GRANGE INN 4.8 75-99
 

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RIVER VALLEY MOTOR INN 3.0 34-55

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