FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | CHP |
| Lat/Long: | 65-29-07.7000N / 144-36-38.8210W
65-29.128333N / 144-36.647017W
65.4854722 / -144.6107836
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 956 ft. / 291.4 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 30E (1985) |
| Time zone: | UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 09/1947 |
| Sectional chart: | DAWSON |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-474-0788] |
| NOTAMs facility: | FAI (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | RDO-CTL
ACTVT ROTG BCN - CTAF.
ACTVT MIRL RY 08/26 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
Airport Services
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 8/26
| Dimensions: | 3650 x 80 ft. / 1113 x 24 m |
| Surface: | gravel, in fair condition
WEEDS, GRASS & SHALLOW RUTS ON EAST 1/2 OF RY. SHOULDERS SOFT WHEN WET. |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| Runway edge markings: | 08/26 THLD MARKED WITH REFLECTIVE PANELS. |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
| Gradient: | 0.5% | | 0.5% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Obstructions: | 60 ft. trees, 350 ft. from runway, 130 ft. right of centerline, 5:1 slope to clear
RISING TERRAIN AFTER TREES NE OF RY. | | 58 ft. trees, 1440 ft. from runway, 24:1 slope to clear
RISING TERRAIN AFTER TREES NW OF AIRPORT, SHARPLY RISING TERRAIN W OF AIRPORT. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | ST OF AK DOTPF-N RGN
2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-2200 |
| Manager: | STEVE POTTER
2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-5276 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: avg 69/week * | | 61% | local general aviation | | 28% | air taxi | | 11% | transient general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2005 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | RETARDANT ACFT MAY BE OPERATING FROM ARPT IN SUMMER. |
| - | SNOW REMOVAL DURING WINTER. |
| - | RY NOT MAINTAINED & CONDITION NOT MONITORED, RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LANDING. |
| - | RY 08/26 SAFETY AREAS ROUGH & UNEVEN. |
| - | SUAIS - 125.3 (1-800-758-8723). |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at CHP.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PFYU - Fort Yukon Airport (67 nm N)
PACI - Chalkyitsik Airport (73 nm N)
PAEI - Eielson Air Force Base (80 nm SW)
PAFB - Ladd Army Airfield (85 nm SW)
PAWB - Beaver Airport (86 nm NW)
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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Times for 30-Nov-2009
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| Morning civil twilight | | 08:56 | | 17:56 |
| Sunrise | | 10:15 | | 19:15 |
| Sunset | | 14:40 | | 23:40 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 15:58 | | 00:58 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 01-Dec-2009 00:37:25 |
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| Local (UTC-9) | 30-Nov-2009 15:37:25 |
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| METAR |
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PACE
7nm NW | 302249Z 00000KT 10SM FEW080 SCT100 SCT150 M22/M24 A2969
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