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6AK3 Butler Aviation Airport
Kenai, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 6AK3
Lat/Long: 60-43-45.9860N / 151-16-41.0460W
60-43.766433N / 151-16.684100W
60.7294406 / -151.2780683
(estimated)
Elevation: 185 ft. / 56.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 23E (1990)
From city: 9 miles NW of KENAI, AK
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99635

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Sectional chart: ANCHORAGE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [800-478-3576]
Attendance: APR-OCT 24 HOURS/DAY
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at ENA (9 nm S): 120.3 (907-283-6513)
WX AWOS-3 at SXQ (17 nm SE): 135.45 (907-262-8431)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ENAr316/7.3KENAI VOR/DME117.6025E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
WILDWOOD327/8.137919EIWW .. .-- .--
SOLDOTNA298/19.3624EOLT --- .-.. -

Airport Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions: 1900 x 50 ft. / 579 x 15 m
Surface: gravel
RUNWAY 15  RUNWAY 33
Gradient: 3.0%3.0%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: trees, 1000 ft. from runway, 4:1 slope to cleartrees, 2000 ft. from runway, 1:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: PACIFIC ALASKA SHELLFISH
P.O. BOX 7498
NIKISKI, AK 99635
Phone 907-776-8050
Manager: RUSTY ROESSLER
P.O. BOX 7498
NIKISKI, AK 99635
Phone 425-334-0883
CELL: 425-501-7319

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 1
Single engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 88/week *
54% air taxi
43% local general aviation
2% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 23 June 1977

Additional Remarks

RWY HAS DIP IN CENTER.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 6AK3.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAEN - Kenai Municipal Airport (9 nm S)
PASX - Soldotna Airport (17 nm SE)
PANC - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (46 nm NE)
PAMR - Merrill Field Airport (51 nm NE)
PAED - Elmendorf Air Force Base (53 nm NE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight08:0517:05
Sunrise08:5317:53
Sunset16:4501:45
Evening civil twilight17:3302:33

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Nov-2009 08:29:56
Local (UTC-9)  09-Nov-2009 23:29:56
 
METAR
PAEN 
10nm S 
100815Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT016 M04/M05 A2949 RMK AO2 TSNO
PASX 
16nm SE 
100816Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M01/M06 A2949 RMK AO1 PNO
TAF
PAEN 
10nm S 
100554Z 1006/1106 17011KT P6SM SCT025 BKN120 TEMPO 1006/1010 BKN020 FM101000 21007KT P6SM FEW040

 
 

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