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9Y0 Bowstring Airport
Bowstring, Minnesota, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 9Y0
Lat/Long: 47-33-29.4000N / 093-52-12.9000W
47-33.490000N / 093-52.215000W
47.5581667 / -93.8702500
(estimated)
Elevation: 1372 ft. / 418 m (estimated)
Variation: 03E (1985)
From city: 2 miles NW of BOWSTRING, MN
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 56636

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1961
Sectional chart: TWIN CITIES
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: PNM (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at FOZ (16 nm NE): 345 (218-743-3289)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GPZr321/28.3GRAND RAPIDS VOR/DME111.4006E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BIGFORK211/16.134502EFOZ ..-. --- --..
LONGVILLE018/36.539204EXVG -..- ...- --.

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions: 2700 x 150 ft. / 823 x 46 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge lights: low intensity
Runway edge markings: RY 07/25 MKD WITH YELLOW CONES.
RUNWAY 7  RUNWAY 25
Latitude: 47-33.452333N47-33.526500N
Longitude: 093-52.538667W093-51.891667W
Gradient: 0.6%0.6%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: 106 ft. trees, 1860 ft. from runway, 50 ft. right of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear17 ft. trees, 240 ft. from runway, 120 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: ITASCA COUNTY
PO BOX 4
BOWSTRING, MN 56631
Phone 218-832-3567
COUNTY ENGINEER LEE ENGSTROM.
Manager: JIM PETERSEN
42411 LITTLE TURTLE ROAD
BIGFORK, MN 56628
Phone 218-832-3304

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 9
Single engine airplanes: 9
    
Aircraft operations: avg 38/week *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 August 2006

Additional Remarks

ARPT PLOWED WINTER MONTHS.
DEER ON & INVOF RY.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 9Y0.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KFOZ - Bigfork Municipal Airport (16 nm NE)
KGPZ - Grand Rapids/Itasca County Airport-Gordon Newstrom Field (25 nm SE)
KXVG - Longville Municipal Airport (37 nm S)
KHIB - Chisholm-Hibbing Airport (43 nm E)
KBJI - Bemidji Regional Airport (43 nm W)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:1010:10
Sunrise05:4710:47
Sunset20:5701:57
Evening civil twilight21:3402:34

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  25-Jul-2008 23:19:15
Local (UTC-5)  25-Jul-2008 18:19:15
 
METAR
KFOZ 
15nm NE 
252253Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM SCT060 SCT090 23/13 A2993 RMK AO2
KGPZ 
25nm SE 
252255Z AUTO 30017G24KT 10SM FEW055 FEW080 25/12 A2992 RMK AO1
TAF
KBJI 
43nm W 
251739Z 251818 31015G22KT P6SM SCT060 FM0100 30005KT P6SM SKC FM1600 29008KT P6SM SKC
KHIB 
43nm E 
252125Z 252118 29013KT P6SM BKN040 FM0200 VRB05KT P6SM SCT040 TEMPO 0913 1/4SM FG VV001 FM1300 30013KT P6SM SKC
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