FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012
Location
| FAA Identifier: | 48U |
| Lat/Long: | 41-27-29.3000N / 109-29-23.7000W
41-27.488333N / 109-29.395000W
41.4581389 / -109.4899167
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 7182 ft. / 2189.1 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 14E (1985) |
| From city: | 4 miles S of GREEN RIVER, WY |
| Time zone: | UTC -7 (UTC -6 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 82938 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 11/1963 |
| Sectional chart: | SALT LAKE CITY |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | SALT LAKE CITY CENTER |
| FSS: | CASPER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | CPR (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Airport Communications
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| OCSr237/22.7 | | ROCK SPRINGS VOR/DME | | 116.00 | | 13E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| ANTELOPE | | 235/23.6 | | 290 | | 13E | | AOP | .- --- .--. |
Airport Services
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 4/22
| Dimensions: | 5800 x 130 ft. / 1768 x 40 m
WIDTH MAY VARY BASED ON GRADING. |
| Surface: | dirt, in fair condition |
| RUNWAY 4 | | RUNWAY 22 |
| Latitude: | 41-27.213178N | | 41-27.761933N |
| Longitude: | 109-29.914277W | | 109-28.874825W |
| Elevation: | 7168.0 ft. | | 7182.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.3% | | 0.3% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 041 magnetic, 055 true | | 221 magnetic, 235 true |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF GREEN RIVER
50 E. 2 ND N
GREEN RIVER, WY 82935
Phone 307-872-0532 |
| Manager: | PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
50 E 2ND N
GREEN RIVER, WY 82935
Phone 307-872-0532
LOCAL CONTACT MIKE NELSON. |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: 46/year * | | 100% | local general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 31 May 2010 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | RY SOFT WHEN WET. DEEP RUTS & TALL GRASS FULL LENGTH OF RY. |
| - | ARPT ON TOP OF MOUNTAIN; LAND DESCENDS VERY STEEPLY FROM RWY ENDS. |
| - | NO LINE OF SIGHT BTN RWY ENDS. |
| - | NO SNOW REMOVAL AVAILABLE. |
| - | UNCONTROLLED VEHICLE ACCESS. |
| - | +3 FT BERM NEAR RY EDGES ENTIRE LENGTH OF RY. |
| - | DEBRIS, TRASH, ANIMAL CARCASSES OFTEN FOUND ON RY. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at 48U.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KRKS - Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport (21 nm NE)
KFBR - Fort Bridger Airport (41 nm W)
KEMM - Kemmerer Municipal Airport (53 nm NW)
KVEL - Vernal Regional Airport (61 nm S)
KEVW - Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field (70 nm W)
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Times for 12-Feb-2012
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:49 | | 13:49 |
| Sunrise | | 07:18 | | 14:18 |
| Sunset | | 17:47 | | 00:47 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:15 | | 01:15 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 12-Feb-2012 13:13:24 |
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| Local (UTC-7) | 12-Feb-2012 06:13:24 |
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| METAR |
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KRKS
21nm NE | 121254Z AUTO 08003KT 1/4SM FZFG VV002 M06/M07 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP126 T10611072 TSNO
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KRKS
21nm NE | 121139Z 1212/1312 07006KT 3/4SM BR SCT003 BKN060 TEMPO 1212/1215 1/2SM FZFG VV003 FM121800 26007KT 3SM -SN BR SCT005 BKN025 FM130200 26015KT P6SM BKN040
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