FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | AK88 |
| Lat/Long: | 61-36-16.9100N / 149-02-24.6800W
61-36.281833N / 149-02.411333W
61.6046972 / -149.0401889
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 416 ft. / 127 m (estimated) |
| From city: | 2 miles E of PALMER, AK |
| Time zone: | UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 99645 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Private use. Permission required prior to landing |
| Activation date: | 07/2004 |
| Sectional chart: | ANCHORAGE |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [800-478-3576] |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Airport Communications
| WX ASOS at PAQ (1.5 nm SW): | 134.75 (907-746-6675) |
| WX AWOS-3 at IYS (14 nm W): | 135.25 (907-373-3801) |
| WX AWOS-3 at BCV (18 nm SW): | 135.55 |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| BGQr060/26.5 | | BIG LAKE VORTAC | | 112.50 | | 25E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| CAMPBELL LAKE | | 027/38.9 | | 338 | | 21E | | CMQ | -.-. -- --.- |
Airport Services
Runway Information
Runway 15/33
| Dimensions: | 1300 x 125 ft. / 396 x 38 m |
| Surface: | turf |
| RUNWAY 15 | | RUNWAY 33 |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Privately-owned |
| Owner: | BRENT SHAFFER
BOX 670722
CHUGIAK, AK 99567
Phone 907-748-5996 |
| Manager: | BRENT SHAFFER
BOX 670722
CHUGIAK, AK 99567
Phone 907-748-5996 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 1 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 1 |
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Additional Remarks
| - | RY 15/33 SLOPES UP TOWARDS NORTH END. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at AK88.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PAAQ - Palmer Municipal Airport (2 nm SW)
PAWS - Wasilla Airport (14 nm W)
PAGQ - Big Lake Airport (22 nm W)
PAUO - Willow Airport (30 nm W)
PAED - Elmendorf Air Force Base (31 nm SW)
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 25-Jul-2008
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(UTC-8) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 03:56 | | 11:56 |
| Sunrise | | 05:12 | | 13:12 |
| Sunset | | 22:54 | | 06:54 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 00:10 | | 08:10 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 25-Jul-2008 23:27:13 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 25-Jul-2008 15:27:13 |
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| METAR |
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| PAAQ | 252253Z 00000KT 10SM BKN075 20/08 A2966 RMK AO2 SLP039 T02000083
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PAJV
8nm NE | 252150Z 02005KT 10SM SCT040 BKN080 OVC110 17/08 A2960 RMK 70002 MAX 17 NOSPECI LAST
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PABV
18nm SW | 252316Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM SCT080 17/09 A2966 RMK AO1 PNO
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| TAF |
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| PAAQ | 251734Z 251818 00000KT P6SM SCT070 BKN140
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