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48A Cochran Airport
Cochran, Georgia, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 48A
Lat/Long: 32-23-57.7000N / 083-16-33.3000W
32-23.961667N / 083-16.555000W
32.3993611 / -83.2759167
(estimated)
Elevation: 336 ft. / 102.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03W (1985)
From city: 4 miles E of COCHRAN, GA
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 31014

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 05/1941
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: MCN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-SAT 0800-1800, ALL SUN 1400-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
ROTG BCN OTS INDEFLY.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
ATLANTA APPROACH: 119.6 7000 & ABV 124.2 BLO 7000 [0645-2300]
ATLANTA DEPARTURE: 119.6 7000 & ABV 124.2 BLO 7000 [0645-2300]
WX AWOS-3 at EZM (13 nm SE): 119.425 (478-374-9979)
WX AWOS-3 at DBN (18 nm NE): 118.425 (478-277-9051)
  • ATLANTA LARGE TRACON IS PROVIDING PART-TIME APCH/DEP SVC 0615-0000; ATLANTA ARTCC PROVIDES APCH/DEP SVC 0000-0615 ON FREQS 123.95/357.6 (MACON RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
VNAr044/15.8VIENNA VORTAC116.5001E
DBNr251/24.6DUBLIN VORTAC113.1005W
MCNr132/25.7MACON VORTAC114.2001E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CREKE253/14.325104WDB -.. -...
EASTMAN343/17.136604WEZM . --.. --
BAY CREEK101/25.035003WBEP -... . .--.
MC RAE316/27.028003WMQW -- --.- .--
MONTEZUMA091/37.142604WIZS .. --.. ...
CONEY053/38.340002WOHY --- .... -.--

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 5/23

Dimensions: 3202 x 50 ft. / 976 x 15 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 25.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Latitude: 32-23.778305N32-24.144210N
Longitude: 083-16.779745W083-16.330998W
Elevation: 324.3 ft.332.8 ft.
Gradient: 0.3% UP0.3% DOWN
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 049 magnetic, 046 true229 magnetic, 226 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 36 ft. trees, 344 ft. from runway, 200 ft. right of centerline, 4:1 slope to clear
10 FT TREES 150 FT FM THLD & 225 FT RIGHT.
36 ft. trees, 488 ft. from runway, 275 ft. left of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear
+ 6 FT TREES AND BRUSH 100 FT FROM RWY END, AND + 6 FT TREES AND BRUSH 100 FT RIGHT OF RWY CENTERLINE EXTENDING DOWN THE RWY 300 FT.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF COCHRAN
CITY HALL/P O BOX 8
COCHRAN, GA 31014
Phone 478-934-6346
Manager: H. D. CURTIS, FBO
RT 3 AIRPORT ROAD
COCHRAN, GA 31014
Phone 478-934-2137

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 15
Single engine airplanes: 13
Multi engine airplanes: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 26/day *
79% local general aviation
21% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 May 2007

Additional Remarks

NON STD TURNAROUNDS, INADEQUATE SEPARATION.

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 8 May 2008 at 0901Z and 5 June 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 05   download (157KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KEZM - Heart of Georgia Regional Airport (13 nm SE)
KDBN - W H 'Bud' Barron Airport (18 nm NE)
KWRB - Robins Air Force Base (22 nm NW)
KPXE - Perry-Houston County Airport (26 nm W)
KMCN - Middle Georgia Regional Airport (26 nm NW)
 
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Area around 48A (Cochran Airport)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of 48A (Cochran Airport)
Photo by Whitney Van Brink
Photo taken 10-Jan-2007
from a Cessna 177B

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Sectional chart
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From to 48A

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1310:13
Sunrise06:4010:40
Sunset20:1900:19
Evening civil twilight20:4600:46

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-May-2008 03:14:54
Local (UTC-4)  09-May-2008 23:14:54
 
METAR
KDBN 
18nm NE 
100259Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2979 RMK AO1
KWRB 
20nm NW 
100255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP088 T02020184 51008
KMCN 
25nm NW 
100253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP085 T02060167 51008 TSNO
TAF
KWRB 
20nm NW 
092121 26012G20KT 9999 SCT040 QNH2979INS BECMG 2324 24006KT 9999 SCT030 BKN120 QNH2981INS BECMG 0809 23006KT 9999 VCSH FEW030 BKN060 QNH2989INS BECMG 1819 28012KT 9999 -SHRA VCTS SCT030CB BKN060 QNH2990INS TEMPO 1821 28012G20KT 4800 -TSRA BKN030CB T3
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