FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | 8TX6 |
| Lat/Long: | 32-25-39.5070N / 096-43-00.9770W
32-25.658450N / 096-43.016283W
32.4276408 / -96.7169381
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 510 ft. / 155 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 06E (1985) |
| From city: | 3 miles W of PALMER, TX |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 75152 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Private use. Permission required prior to landing |
| Activation date: | 08/1964 |
| Sectional chart: | DALLAS-FT WORTH |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | FORT WORTH CENTER |
| FSS: | FORT WORTH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [817-541-3474] |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Airport Communications
| WX AWOS-3 at LNC (9 nm N): | 118.975 (972-227-0471) |
| WX AWOS-3 at JWY (10 nm W): | 119.575 (972-937-4747) |
| WX ASOS at RBD (17 nm NW): | PHONE 214-330-5317 |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
|---|
| CQYr294/29.2 | | CEDAR CREEK VORTAC | | 114.80 | | 06E |
| CVEr155/29.3 | | COWBOY VOR/DME | | 116.20 | | 06E |
| TTTr142/31.1 | | MAVERICK VOR/DME | | 113.10 | | 06E |
| FUZr134/36.2 | | RANGER VORTAC | | 115.70 | | 06E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
|---|
| LANCASTER | | 172/9.0 | | 239 | | 06E | | LNC | .-.. -. -.-. |
| CEDAR HILL | | 119/16.4 | | 353 | | 08E | | XQH | -..- --.- .... |
| REDBIRD | | 146/16.9 | | 287 | | 06E | | RBD | .-. -... -.. |
| JECCA | | 207/17.2 | | 388 | | 06E | | JUG | .--- ..- --. |
| MESQUITE | | 197/24.8 | | 248 | | 06E | | PQF | .--. --.- ..-. |
| POWELL | | 320/26.3 | | 344 | | 06E | | CGQ | -.-. --. --.- |
| CORSICANA | | 320/29.0 | | 396 | | 06E | | CRS | -.-. .-. ... |
| TRAVIS | | 224/30.9 | | 260 | | 06E | | AVZ | .- ...- --.. |
Airport Services
Runway Information
Runway NW/SE
| Dimensions: | 2000 x 40 ft. / 610 x 12 m |
| Surface: | turf |
| RUNWAY NW | | RUNWAY SE |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Privately-owned |
| Owner: | T.M. HARPER
PALMER, TX 75152 |
| Manager: | Phone 214-449-3143 |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at 8TX6.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
F41 - Ennis Municipal Airport (6 nm SE)
KLNC - Lancaster Airport (9 nm N)
KJWY - Mid-Way Regional Airport (10 nm W)
KRBD - Dallas Executive Airport (17 nm NW)
KHQZ - Mesquite Metro Airport (21 nm NE)
|
|
Road maps at:
MapQuest
MapPoint
Yahoo! Maps
Google
Rand McNally
Satellite photo at:
TerraServer
Virtual Earth
| Aerial photo |
|---|
|
| Sectional chart |
|---|
Click on chart to expand
Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
|
| Airport distance calculator |
|---|
|
|
| Sunrise and sunset |
|---|
|
Times for 07-Sep-2008
| | Local
(UTC-5) | | Zulu
(UTC) |
|---|
| Morning civil twilight | | 06:42 | | 11:42 |
| Sunrise | | 07:07 | | 12:07 |
| Sunset | | 19:42 | | 00:42 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:07 | | 01:07 |
|
| Current date and time |
|---|
| Zulu (UTC) | 07-Sep-2008 23:35:14 |
|---|
| Local (UTC-5) | 07-Sep-2008 18:35:14 |
|---|
|
| METAR |
|---|
KLNC
9nm N | 072314Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM CLR 33/15 A2996 RMK AO2
|
KJWY
10nm W | 072305Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM CLR 31/15 A2996 RMK AO2
|
KRBD
17nm NW | 072253Z AUTO 11009KT 10SM CLR 33/12 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP138 T03330122 TSNO
|
|
| TAF |
|---|
KDAL
26nm N | 071732Z 071818 14006KT P6SM SCT300 FM0100 13007KT P6SM BKN300 FM1500 17008KT P6SM SCT040 BKN300
|
KDFW
32nm NW | 071732Z 071818 14006KT P6SM SCT300 FM0100 13007KT P6SM BKN300 FM1500 17008KT P6SM SCT040 BKN300
|
|
|
