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5R1 Roy Wilcox Airport
Chatom, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: 5R1
Lat/Long: 31-27-06.0008N / 088-11-39.9359W
31-27.100013N / 088-11.665598W
31.4516669 / -88.1944266
(estimated)
Elevation: 166 ft. / 51 m (estimated)
Variation: 01E (1985)
From city: 3 miles E of CHATOM, AL
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 36518

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 09/1964
Sectional chart: NEW ORLEANS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: HOUSTON CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: SS-SR
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GCVr030/26.0GREENE COUNTY VORTAC115.7005E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CHOCTAW184/39.922801EBCZ -... -.-. --..

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns

Runway Information

Runway 12/30

Dimensions: 4002 x 80 ft. / 1220 x 24 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 15.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: RY 12 & 30 MARKINGS SMALLER AND THINNER THAN STANDARD AND ALSO FADED.
RUNWAY 12  RUNWAY 30
Latitude: 31-27.266902N31-26.933125N
Longitude: 088-11.997703W088-11.333492W
Elevation: 165.2 ft.126.2 ft.
Gradient: 0.9%1.0% UP
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 119 magnetic, 120 true299 magnetic, 300 true
Displaced threshold: 200 ft.no
Markings: basic, in poor conditionbasic, in poor condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 58 ft. tree, 655 ft. from runway, 162 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear
RY 12 APCH RATIO 14:1 FM DSPLCD THLD.
none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF CHATOM
PO BOX 817
CHATOM, AL 36518
Phone 251-847-2580
Manager: DALE SINGLETON
PO BOX 817
CHATOM, AL 36518
Phone 251-847-2580

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 7
Single engine airplanes: 6
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 71/week *
65% transient general aviation
35% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 11 July 2012

Additional Remarks

DEER ON & INVOF RY.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5R1.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

4R3 - Jackson Municipal Airport (15 nm E)
1R8 - Bay Minette Municipal Airport (40 nm SE)
09A - Butler-Choctaw County Airport (40 nm N)
KMVC - Monroe County Airport (43 nm E)
KMOB - Mobile Regional Airport (46 nm S)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Oct-2013
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3311:33
Sunrise06:5811:58
Sunset18:1923:19
Evening civil twilight18:4423:44

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Oct-2013 10:25:56
Local (UTC-5)  16-Oct-2013 05:25:56
 
METAR
KMOB 
46nm S 
160756Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP152 T01890172
TAF
KMOB 
46nm S 
160529Z 1606/1706 00000KT P6SM SKC FM160900 00000KT 4SM BR FEW020 FM161300 11004KT P6SM SCT030 FM162100 19005KT P6SM SCT040 BKN100
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