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AZ78 Mel's Ranch Airport
Maricopa, Arizona, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012

Location

FAA Identifier: AZ78
Lat/Long: 33-00-40.0000N / 112-16-54.0000W
33-00.666667N / 112-16.900000W
33.0111111 / -112.2816667
(estimated)
Elevation: 1420 ft. / 433 m (estimated)
Variation: 12E (1990)
From city: 17 miles W of MARICOPA, AZ
Time zone: UTC -7 (year round; does not observe DST)
Zip code: 85239

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 09/1994
Sectional chart: PHOENIX
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ALBUQUERQUE CENTER
FSS: PRESCOTT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Segmented circle: no

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GBNr067/20.0GILA BEND VORTAC116.6014E
TFDr280/20.2STANFIELD VORTAC114.8012E
PXRr200/29.8PHOENIX VORTAC115.6012E
IWAr228/36.2WILLIE VORTAC113.3013E
BXKr120/38.0BUCKEYE VORTAC110.6014E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CHANDLER225/28.340712ECHD -.-. .... -..
FALCON FIELD214/38.628112EFFZ ..-. ..-. --..

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 14/32

Dimensions: 2000 x 60 ft. / 610 x 18 m
Surface: dirt
RUNWAY 14  RUNWAY 32
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: MEL SCHMIT
RT 1 BOX 813
MARICOPA, AZ 85239
Phone 602-377-2409
Manager: MEL SCHMIT
RT 1 BOX 813
MARICOPA, AZ 85239
Phone 602-377-2409

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 1
Single engine airplanes: 1
    

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at AZ78.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KGYR - Phoenix Goodyear Airport (25 nm N)
P19 - Stellar Airpark (25 nm NE)
KCGZ - Casa Grande Municipal Airport (26 nm E)
KCHD - Chandler Municipal Airport (28 nm NE)
KPHX - Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (29 nm NE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-Feb-2012
 Local
(UTC-7)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5013:50
Sunrise07:1614:16
Sunset18:1101:11
Evening civil twilight18:3701:37

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Feb-2012 08:15:09
Local (UTC-7)  13-Feb-2012 01:15:09
 
METAR
KGYR 
25nm N 
130347Z 23012KT 10SM FEW070 FEW120 SCT200 17/02 A2989 RMK LAST
KCGZ 
26nm E 
130755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/M01 A2996 RMK AO1
KPHX 
28nm NE 
130751Z 00000KT 10SM FEW200 13/01 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP127 T01330006 $
KCHD 
28nm NE 
130347Z 22008KT 15SM SCT100 13/00 A2990 RMK LAST
KLUF 
31nm N 
130755Z AUTO 20010KT 10SM CLR 13/02 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP132 T01290015 $
KGEU 
31nm N 
130155Z 20007KT 10SM FEW070 SCT110 SCT200 17/01 A2988 RMK LAST
KBXK 
32nm NW 
130755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 09/00 A2996 RMK AO1
KIWA 
36nm NE 
130755Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 13/02 A2996 RMK AO2
KFFZ 
39nm NE 
130154Z 24008KT 40SM SCT120 15/00 A2987
KSDL 
41nm NE 
130753Z 00000KT 10SM FEW070 13/00 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP131 T01330000
TAF
KPHX 
28nm NE 
130520Z 1306/1406 12005KT P6SM FEW250 FM132100 24010KT P6SM FEW080 SCT150 BKN200 FM140400 11006KT P6SM SCT060 BKN150 OVC200
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