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AQY Girdwood Airport
Girdwood, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: AQY
Lat/Long: 60-57-57.9450N / 149-07-32.8410W
60-57.965750N / 149-07.547350W
60.9660958 / -149.1257892
(estimated)
Elevation: 150 ft. / 46 m (estimated)
Variation: 25E (1985)
From city: 3 miles NE of GIRDWOOD, AK
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 99587

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: ANCHORAGE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [800-478-3576]
NOTAMs facility: ANC (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 907-783-2232
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ANCr084/33.3ANCHORAGE VOR/DME114.3025E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CAMPBELL LAKE094/29.433821ECMQ -.-. -- --.-
BRUCK091/32.838721EBOB -... --- -...

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 1/19

Dimensions: 2088 x 73 ft. / 636 x 22 m
Surface: gravel, in good condition
Runway edge markings: NSTD MKGS RYS 01 & 19 THLDS MKD BY REFLECTORS. RY EDGES UNMARKED.
RUNWAY 1  RUNWAY 19
Elevation: 134.0 ft.164.0 ft.
Gradient: 1.4%1.4%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: NSTDNSTD
Obstructions: 51 ft. trees, 955 ft. from runway, 18:1 slope to clear126 ft. trees, 1800 ft. from runway, 14:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: STATE OF AK DOTPF-CENTRAL RGN
P.O. BOX 196900
ANCHORAGE, AK 99519-6900
Phone 907-269-0783
Manager: LARRY BUSHNELL
ST OF AK DOT/PF
GIRWOOD, AK 99587
Phone 907-783-2232

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 63/week *
45% air taxi
30% local general aviation
24% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2005

Additional Remarks

RY CONDITION NOT MONITORED. RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LANDING.
200' SAFETY AREA AT EACH END RY 01/19.
FOR WSO PHONE 271-3491.
PARACHUTE ACTIVITY ON ARPT FRI THRU SUN.
CABLE 100 FT AGL RUNS FROM NEW HOTEL TO ROUNDHOUSE.
PILOTS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ANNOUNCE ON CTAF PRIOR TO TAXIING ON RWY FOR DEPARTURE; LEAVING THE RWY AND WITHIN 10 NM OF THE ARPT WHEN APPROACHING TO LAND.
SEGMENTED CIRCLE OVERGROWN

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at AQY.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAMR - Merrill Field Airport (26 nm NW)
PAED - Elmendorf Air Force Base (26 nm NW)
PANC - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (28 nm NW)
PAAQ - Palmer Municipal Airport (38 nm N)
PAWS - Wasilla Airport (38 nm N)
 
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Aerial photo of AQY (Girdwood Airport)
Photo by Jonathan Tack
Photo taken 07-Aug-2006

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 04-Jul-2009
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight02:3010:30
Sunrise04:3312:33
Sunset23:2907:29
Evening civil twilight01:3209:32

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Jul-2009 02:15:25
Local (UTC-8)  04-Jul-2009 18:15:25
 
METAR
PATO 
14nm SE 
050153Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM CLR 21/12 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP223 T02110122 TSNO
PAWR 
16nm SE 
050146Z 25015G30KT 20SM SCT070 22/14 A3016 RMK SLP214 NOSPECI
PAMR 
26nm NW 
050153Z 27006KT 10SM CLR 20/09 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP228 T02000094 $
PAED 
26nm NW 
050155Z 25012KT 10SM FEW060 BKN200 19/10 A3020 RMK AO2A SLP227 T01930099 $
TAF
PANC 
29nm NW 
042339Z 0500/0606 30006KT P6SM FEW080 BKN200 FM050200 22010KT P6SM FEW080 SCT200 FM050700 VRB04KT P6SM FEW200 FM052100 24007KT P6SM FEW200

 
 

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