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6Y9 Prickett-Grooms Field Airport
Sidnaw, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 NOVEMBER 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 6Y9
Lat/Long: 46-30-59.7910N / 088-42-00.4980W
46-30.996517N / 088-42.008300W
46.5166086 / -88.7001383
(estimated)
Elevation: 1372 ft. / 418.2 m (surveyed)
Variation: 02W (1985)
From city: 1 mile NE of SIDNAW, MI
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Savings Time)
Zip code: 49970

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1940
Sectional chart: GREEN BAY
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: GREEN BAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: GRB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
LAND O LAKES046/30.539602WLNL .-.. -. .-..
ONTONAGON126/33.937500WOGM --- --. --

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions: 2000 x 100 ft. / 610 x 30 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
SOFT WHEN WET; CALL 906-355-2257 TO VFY COND.
Runway edge markings: 10/28 MKD WITH 3 FT YELLOW CONES.
RUNWAY 10  RUNWAY 28
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: 300 ft.no
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: 50 ft. trees, 300 ft. from runway, 67 ft. right of centerline, 6:1 slope to clear
12:1 AT DSPLCD THLD AND 20:1 BASED ON STRAIGHT OUT.
50 ft. trees, 60 ft. both sides of centerline
APCH RATIO 20:1 BASED ON STRAIGHT OUT.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: SHCAHA
7370 BROADMOOR AVE. S.E.
CALEDONIA, MI 49316
Phone 616-554-8860
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT & HERITAGE ASSOCIATION
Manager: EDWARD FREDERICK
7025 68TH ST SE
CALEDONIA, MI 49316
Phone 616-822-7151
AMGR LIVES ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: 150/year *
100% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2006

Additional Remarks

RYS NOT PLOWED. ARPT CLSD NOV-APR & WHEN SNOW COVERED.
CAMPING & CABINS ADJACENT, 906-355-2257

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 6Y9.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KLNL - Kings Land O' Lakes Airport (30 nm SW)
KOGM - Ontonagon County - Schuster Field Airport (34 nm NW)
KCMX - Houghton County Memorial Airport (40 nm N)
KEGV - Eagle River Union Airport (42 nm SW)
KIMT - Ford Airport (48 nm SE)
 
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From to 6Y9

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 21-Nov-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:3412:34
Sunrise08:0813:08
Sunset17:1422:14
Evening civil twilight17:4822:48

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  21-Nov-2008 21:22:55
Local (UTC-5)  21-Nov-2008 16:22:55
 
METAR
KLNL 
30nm SW 
212055Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM -SN OVC022 M08/M12 A3036 RMK AO2
KCMX 
40nm N 
212053Z AUTO 30011KT 3/4SM -SN BKN008 BKN017 OVC024 M10/M13 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP305 P0000 60000 T11001128 55003
KEGV 
43nm SW 
212059Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM OVC023 M08/M13 A3035 RMK AO2 T10821135
KMQT 
47nm E 
210055Z 35012G18KT 2SM -SN SCT003 OVC009 M06/M09 A3027
KIMT 
48nm SE 
212054Z AUTO 29008KT 10SM BKN036 M06/M15 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP305 T10611150 55002
TAF
KCMX 
40nm N 
211723Z 2118/2218 31012KT 5SM -SHSN OVC020 TEMPO 2118/2122 2SM -SHSN BKN010 FM212200 33008KT P6SM -SHSN OVC030 TEMPO 2122/2202 3SM -SHSN BKN020 FM220200 VRB03KT P6SM -SHSN BKN030 TEMPO 2206/2210 3SM -SHSN BKN020 FM221200 18006KT P6SM SCT250
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