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8C6 Traer Municipal Airport
Traer, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: 8C6
Lat/Long: 42-12-03.0000N / 092-27-23.9000W
42-12.050000N / 092-27.398333W
42.2008333 / -92.4566389
(estimated)
Elevation: 892 ft. / 272 m (estimated)
Variation: 03E (1985)
From city: 1 mile NE of TRAER, IA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 50675

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 05/1961
Sectional chart: CHICAGO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CHICAGO CENTER
FSS: FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: FOD (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: SS-SR

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at VTI (19 nm E): 120.075 (319-472-3122)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
JWJr074/20.8ELMWOOD VOR/DME109.4001E
ALOr181/21.5WATERLOO VORTAC112.2006E
CIDr297/35.3CEDAR RAPIDS VOR/DME114.1005E
TNUr046/38.4NEWTON VOR/DME112.5003E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
GARRISON263/19.433803EVTI ...- - ..
BELLE PLAINE336/20.437102ETZT - --.. -
WAPSIE234/27.020602EIIB .. .. -...
GRINNELL020/31.924802EGGI --. --. ..
OELWEIN214/36.026002EOLZ --- .-.. --..
IOWA FALLS111/39.236803EIFA .. ..-. .-

Airport Services

Fuel available: MOGAS AND 100LL FUEL AVBL FOR EMERG ONLY; CALL 319-478-2154/2580.
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 2555 x 100 ft. / 779 x 30 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge lights: low intensity
Runway edge markings: 17/35 MARKED WITH YELLOW CONES.
Gradient: SOUTH
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 42-12.260862N42-11.840165N
Longitude: 092-27.393860W092-27.404377W
Elevation: 884.0 ft.891.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.3% UP
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 178 magnetic, 181 true358 magnetic, 001 true
Obstructions: 49 ft. trees, 980 ft. from runway, 180 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear65 ft. tree, 1539 ft. from runway, 50 ft. right of centerline, 23:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF TRAER
649 2ND ST
TRAER, IA 50675
Phone 319-478-2606
Manager: MELVIN HERINK
2448 160TH ST
TRAER, IA 50675
Phone 319-478-2154
ALSO JIM PIPPERT - 319-476-4353

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 8
Single engine airplanes: 8
    
Aircraft operations: avg 43/week *
51% local general aviation
49% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 16 August 2011

Additional Remarks

SNOW RMVL DELAYED AT TIMES; CONFIRM RY COND PRIOR TO USE - CALL 319-478-2580 OR 319-478-2154
TURF RY SOFT DURING SPRING THAW.
PARALLEL TWY IS MKD AND LGTD ALONG EAST EDGE.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 8C6.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KVTI - Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (19 nm E)
KTZT - Belle Plaine Municipal Airport (21 nm S)
KMIW - Marshalltown Municipal Airport (21 nm W)
KALO - Waterloo Regional Airport (22 nm N)
KIIB - Independence Municipal Airport (27 nm NE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 18-May-2013
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:1410:14
Sunrise05:4710:47
Sunset20:2601:26
Evening civil twilight20:5801:58

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-May-2013 10:54:53
Local (UTC-5)  18-May-2013 05:54:53
 
METAR
KVTI 
19nm E 
180955Z AUTO 12003KT 3SM BR 16/14 A2997 RMK AO2 SKY OBSCURED T01560140
KMIW 
21nm W 
180953Z AUTO 10005KT 7SM CLR 15/14 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01500139
KALO 
21nm N 
180954Z 10005KT 6SM BR CLR 14/13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP137 T01440128
KIIB 
27nm NE 
180955Z AUTO 11009KT 7SM CLR 14/11 A2996 RMK AO2
KGGI 
32nm SW 
180955Z AUTO 10006KT 7SM CLR 16/14 A2994 RMK AO2 T01550136
KCID 
38nm SE 
180955Z 10008KT 3SM BR CLR 16/15 A2995 RMK AO2
TAF
KALO 
21nm N 
180916Z 1809/1906 12006KT P6SM BKN250 FM181600 15014KT P6SM BKN120 FM190200 12010KT P6SM SCT040 BKN150
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