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4D0 Abrams Municipal Airport
Grand Ledge, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 4D0
Lat/Long: 42-46-27.1260N / 084-43-59.1530W
42-46.452100N / 084-43.985883W
42.7742017 / -84.7330981
(estimated)
Elevation: 842 ft. / 256.6 m (surveyed)
Variation: 05W (1995)
From city: 2 miles N of GRAND LEDGE, MI
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 48837

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 09/1946
Sectional chart: DETROIT
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CLEVELAND CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LAN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-DUSK
Pattern altitude: TPA FOR HELICOPTERS 1700 FT MSL (858 FT AGL); FIXED WING TPA 1900 FT MSL.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27 AND REIL RY 27 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
LANSING APPROACH: 118.65 [0545-2330]
OPNS: 122.7 241.0 41.85
WX ASOS at LAN (6 nm E): PHONE 517-886-0015
WX AWOS-3 at FPK (12 nm S): 118.075 (517-543-2288)
WX AWOS-3 at TEW (19 nm SE): 119.425 (517-676-5607)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LANr340/3.8LANSING VORTAC110.8005W
JXNr344/33.2JACKSON VOR/DME109.6005W
GRRr095/33.7GRAND RAPIDS VOR/DME115.9504W
BTLr041/36.1BATTLE CREEK VORTAC109.4002W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ALMA181/33.032905WAMN .- -- -.
HOWELL289/33.924305WOZW --- --.. .--

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 3200 x 75 ft. / 975 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: RWY 27 MARKINGS FADED.
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 42-46.517000N42-46.557567N
Longitude: 084-44.157850W084-43.445083W
Elevation: 830.0 ft.840.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 090 magnetic, 085 true270 magnetic, 265 true
Markings: basic, in poor conditionbasic, in poor condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yes
Obstructions: 70 ft. tree, 1950 ft. from runway, 109 ft. left of centerline, 25:1 slope to clear22 ft. tree, 489 ft. from runway, 63 ft. right of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear
RWY 27 APCH RATIO AT RWY END IS 22:1 BASED ON 53 FT TREES 1,210 FT DST, 77R.

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 2580 x 120 ft. / 786 x 37 m
Surface: turf, in fair condition
Runway edge markings: RWY 18 /36 & DSPLD THLDS MKD WITH 3 FT YELLOW CONES.
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 42-46.635417N42-46.218767N
Longitude: 084-44.215883W084-44.215867W
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: 400 ft.397 ft.
Obstructions: 85 ft. trees, 1305 ft. from runway, 15:1 slope to clear
RWY 18 APCH RATIO AT DSPLD THLD IS 20:1
15 ft. road, 45 ft. from runway, 3:1 slope to clear
RWY 36 APCH RATIO AT DSPLD THLD IS 29:1

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF GRAND LEDGE
200 E. JEFFERSON
GRAND LEDGE, MI 48837
Phone 517-627-2149
Manager: JON W. BAYLESS
CITY HALL, 200 EAST JEFFERSON
GRAND LEDGE, MI 48837
Phone 517-627-2149

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 45
Single engine airplanes: 22
Multi engine airplanes: 4
Military aircraft: 19
    
Aircraft operations: avg 34/day *
41% transient general aviation
41% local general aviation
19% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2007

Additional Remarks

INTENSIVE NG HELICOPTER TRNG ON & INVOF ARPT.
EXIT RY 18/36 ONLY AT TWYS.
RY 18/36 CLSD TO FIXED WING ACFT NOV-APR, SOFT IN SPRING.
AVOID OVFT OF GRAND LEDGE BLO 2,000 FT.

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
VOR OR GPS-A **CHANGED**   download (147KB)
COPTER VOR 345   download (137KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (26KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KLAN - Capital City Airport (6 nm E)
60G - Skyway Estates Airport (12 nm S)
KFPK - Fitch H Beach Airport (12 nm S)
Y70 - Ionia County Airport (17 nm NW)
KTEW - Mason Jewett Field Airport (19 nm SE)
 
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From to 4D0

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5311:53
Sunrise07:2312:23
Sunset17:2322:23
Evening civil twilight17:5222:52

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 13:14:37
Local (UTC-5)  08-Nov-2009 08:14:37
 
METAR
KLAN 
7nm E 
081253Z 00000KT 1/8SM R28L/0800V1000FT FG VV001 03/02 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP223 T00280022
KFPK 
13nm S 
081254Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 01/01 A3015 RMK AO2
KTEW 
19nm SE 
081256Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG BKN001 OVC005 02/02 A3017 RMK AO2
TAF
KLAN 
7nm E 
081141Z 0812/0912 12004KT 1/4SM FG VV001 FM081430 14007KT 2SM BR SCT250 FM081500 14009KT P6SM BKN250 FM090300 17008KT 5SM BR SKC FM090900 21010KT 4SM BR SKC
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
GrandAir Aviation, Inc. 517-627-9557
[web site]
[email]
Airport management, Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Passenger terminal and lounge, Flight training, Aircraft rental, Aircraft charters, ...

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independent


FS 
100LL 
$3.90 
 Updated 21-Oct-2009
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Ledge Aviation 517-372-1130
Aviation fuel

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independent


SS 
100LL 
$3.85 
 Updated 22-Sep-2009
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FS=Full service
SS=Self service
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Abrams Municipal Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Abrams Municipal Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into 4D0 have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
QUALITY SUITES LANSING 4.4 89-109
 

Other hotels near Abrams Municipal Airport

Miles Price ($)
SPRINGHILL SUITES BY MARRIOTT LANSING WEST 4.2 114-115
DAYS INN LANSING 4.3 50-79
HAMPTON INN LANSING 4.3 99-195
RED ROOF INN LANSING WEST 4.4 63-80
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT LANSING WEST 4.4 100-121
FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT WEST LANSING 4.5 90-91
COUNTRY INN & SUITES BY CARLSON LANSING 5.7 85-124
LEXINGTON LANSING HOTEL 5.7 99-170

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Abrams Municipal Airport

1 in Dimondale
14 in Lansing
2 in DeWitt
1 in Portland
10 in East Lansing
2 in Charlotte
5 in Okemos
 

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