FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | AK40 |
| Lat/Long: | 63-13-45.0500N / 154-45-37.2100W
63-13.750833N / 154-45.620167W
63.2291806 / -154.7603361
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 1510 ft. / 460 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 21E (1995) |
| From city: | 28 miles NE of MCGRATH, AK |
| Time zone: | UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time) |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Private use. Permission required prior to landing |
| Activation date: | 02/2000 |
| Sectional chart: | MC GRATH |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [800-478-3576] |
| Attendance: | CONTINUOUS |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Airport Communications
| WX ASOS at FSP (17 nm SE): | 118.325 (907-293-2002) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| MCGr035/28.5 | | MC GRATH VORTAC | | 115.50 | | 19E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| TAKOTNA RIVER | | 033/27.5 | | 350 | | 19E | | VTR | ...- - .-. |
Airport Services
Runway Information
Runway 16/34
| Dimensions: | 4200 x 100 ft. / 1280 x 30 m |
| Surface: | gravel, in good condition |
| Runway edge markings: | RY 16/34 MKD WITH FLOURESCENT CONES MARKING END & APCH. |
| RUNWAY 16 | | RUNWAY 34 |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | right |
| Markings: | NSTD | | |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Privately-owned |
| Owner: | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
6881 ABBOTT LOOP ROAD
ANCHORAGE, AK 98507-2599
Phone 907-267-1246
OPERATED BY NEVADA GOLDFIELDS, INC ON BLM MINING CLAIMS K.R. POHLE, GENERAL MANAGER, P.O. BOX 270 MC GRATH, AK 907-349-7028 |
| Manager: | ANCHORAGE DISTRICT MANAGER
6881 ABBOTT LOOP ROAD
ANCHORAGE, AK 98507-2599
Phone 907-267-1246 |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at AK40.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PAFS - Nikolai Airport (17 nm SE)
PAMC - Mc Grath Airport (28 nm SW)
PAMH - Minchumina Airport (77 nm NE)
PARY - Ruby Airport (92 nm N)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Tony Fernando
Photo taken 13-Nov-2007
from 11,000 feet
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Nixon Fork Mine Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 04-Jul-2009
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(UTC-8) | | Zulu
(UTC) |
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| Morning civil twilight | | + | | + |
| Sunrise | | 04:23 | | 12:23 |
| Sunset | | 00:24 | | 08:24 |
| Evening civil twilight | | + | | + |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 04-Jul-2009 23:04:30 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 04-Jul-2009 15:04:30 |
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| METAR |
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PAFS
17nm SE | 042256Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/06 A3024 RMK AO2 TSNO T02270061 SLP246 $
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PAMC
28nm SW | 042253Z 00000KT 10SM SCT030 SCT100 BKN200 23/09 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP246 T02280089
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| TAF |
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PAMC
28nm SW | 041738Z 0418/0518 VRB03KT P6SM SCT080 BKN120
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