FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | AKO |
| Lat/Long: | 40-10-32.2800N / 103-13-19.3000W
40-10.538000N / 103-13.321667W
40.1756333 / -103.2220278
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 4714 ft. / 1436.8 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 10E (2000) |
| From city: | 1 mile N of AKRON, CO |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 80720 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 10/1946 |
| Sectional chart: | CHEYENNE |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | DENVER CENTER |
| FSS: | DENVER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | AKO (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0800-1700
FOR FUEL WHEN ARPT UNATNDD CALL 970-345-2397. |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
| Fire and rescue: | ARFF index A |
| Airline operations: | CLSD TO ACR OPNS WITH MORE THAN 30 PSGR SEATS EXCP 24 HR PPR. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX ASOS: | 135.475 (970-345-2320) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY DENVER ARTCC ON FREQS 133.95/317.55 (BRUSH RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| AKOr289/2.3 | | AKRON VOR/DME | | 114.40 | | 13E |
| TXCr347/28.6 | | THURMAN VORTAC | | 112.90 | | 12E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| BATTEN | | 168/21.4 | | 392 | | 11E | | BAJ | -... .- .--- |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A1 |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 11/29
| Dimensions: | 7000 x 100 ft. / 2134 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 65.0 | | Double wheel: | 85.0 | | Double tandem: | 125.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 11 | | RUNWAY 29 |
| Latitude: | 40-10.820217N | | 40-10.255733N |
| Longitude: | 103-13.976750W | | 103-12.666667W |
| Elevation: | 4713.7 ft. | | 4668.5 ft. |
| Gradient: | | | 0.06% UP |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 109 magnetic, 119 true | | 289 magnetic, 299 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | TOWN OF AKRON
CITY HALL, P.O. BOX P
AKRON, CO 80720
Phone 970-345-2624 |
| Manager: | RANDY HAYES
PO BOX O
AKRON, CO 80720
Phone 970-345-2397 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 14 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 12 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 55/day * | | 64% | transient general aviation | | 35% | local general aviation | | <1% | air taxi | | <1% | military | | <1% | commercial | | * for 12-month period ending 31 March 2008 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | EXTSV CROP SPRAYING OPNS IN THE AREA APR- OCT. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 28 August 2008 at 0901Z and 25 September 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 11 | |
download (176KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 29 | |
download (196KB) |
| VOR RWY 29 | |
download (193KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KSTK - Sterling Municipal Airport (26 nm N)
2V5 - Wray Municipal Airport (45 nm E)
KHEQ - Holyoke Airport (49 nm NE)
KSNY - Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Field Airport (56 nm N)
KIBM - Kimball Municipal Airport/Robert E Arraj Field (64 nm N)
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| Aerial 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 05-Sep-2008
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:59 | | 11:59 |
| Sunrise | | 06:26 | | 12:26 |
| Sunset | | 19:16 | | 01:16 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 19:44 | | 01:44 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 05-Sep-2008 08:47:37 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 05-Sep-2008 02:47:37 |
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| METAR |
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| KAKO | 050753Z AUTO 34014G18KT 9SM -RA SCT044 BKN050 OVC070 12/09 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP147 P0003 T01170094
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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