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 |
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| VNAr044/15.8 | | VIENNA VORTAC | | 116.50 | | 01E |
| DBNr251/24.6 | | DUBLIN VORTAC | | 113.10 | | 05W |
| MCNr132/25.7 | | MACON VORTAC | | 114.20 | | 01E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| CREKE | | 253/14.3 | | 251 | | 04W | | DB | -.. -... |
| EASTMAN | | 343/17.1 | | 366 | | 04W | | EZM | . --.. -- |
| BAY CREEK | | 101/25.0 | | 350 | | 03W | | BEP | -... . .--. |
| MC RAE | | 316/27.0 | | 280 | | 03W | | MQW | -- --.- .-- |
| MONTEZUMA | | 091/37.1 | | 426 | | 04W | | IZS | .. --.. ... |
| CONEY | | 053/38.3 | | 400 | | 02W | | OHY | --- .... -.-- |
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: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 32-23.778305N | | 32-24.144210N |
| Longitude: | 083-16.779745W | | 083-16.330998W |
| Elevation: | 324.3 ft. | | 332.8 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.3% UP | | 0.3% DOWN |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 049 magnetic, 046 true | | 229 magnetic, 226 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Whitney Van Brink
Photo taken 10-Jan-2007
from a Cessna 177B
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Cochran Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Sectional chart |
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Click on chart to expand
Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 09-May-2008
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(UTC-4) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:13 | | 10:13 |
| Sunrise | | 06:40 | | 10:40 |
| Sunset | | 20:19 | | 00:19 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:46 | | 00:46 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 10-May-2008 03:14:54 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 09-May-2008 23:14:54 |
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| METAR |
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KDBN
18nm NE | 100259Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2979 RMK AO1
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KWRB
20nm NW | 100255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP088 T02020184 51008
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KMCN
25nm NW | 100253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP085 T02060167 51008 TSNO
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| TAF |
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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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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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