FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 DECEMBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | GQQ |
| Lat/Long: | 40-45-12.2000N / 082-43-25.7000W
40-45.203333N / 082-43.428333W
40.7533889 / -82.7238056
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 1224 ft. / 373.1 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 03W (1965) |
| From city: | 3 miles NE of GALION, OH |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 44833 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 05/1949 |
| Sectional chart: | DETROIT |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | CLEVELAND CENTER |
| FSS: | CLEVELAND FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | CLE (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-FRI 0800-1700 |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | no |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 05/23; VASI & REIL RY 23; REIL RY 05 1800-0600 - CTAF. ACTVT PAPI RY 05 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| MANSFIELD APPROACH: | 124.2 |
| MANSFIELD DEPARTURE: | 124.2 |
| CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 126.8 |
| WX ASOS at MFD (10 nm NE): | PHONE 419-522-1375 |
| WX AWOS-3 at 17G (12 nm W): | 126.625 (419-562-0297) |
| WX ASOS at MNN (18 nm SW): | 119.975 (740-383-3400) |
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY CLEVELAND ARTCC ON FREQS 134.9/317.7 (MANSFIELD RCAG) WHEN MANSFIELD APCH CONTROL CLOSED.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| MFDr224/9.2 | | MANSFIELD VORTAC | | 108.80 | | 03W |
| BUDr067/(17.5) | | BUCKEYE VOR | | 109.80 | | 05W |
| TVTr306/32.5 | | TIVERTON VOR/DME | | 116.50 | | 03W |
| APEr356/36.7 | | APPLETON VORTAC | | 116.70 | | 06W |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| MANNS | | 273/12.7 | | 372 | | 06W | | MF | -- ..-. |
| MARION | | 068/17.7 | | 201 | | 05W | | MNN | -- -. -. |
| ASHLAND | | 246/24.8 | | 329 | | 07W | | AAU | .- .- ..- |
| TIFFIN | | 138/30.1 | | 269 | | 05W | | TII | - .. .. |
| DELAWARE | | 037/33.4 | | 215 | | 06W | | DLZ | -.. .-.. --.. |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL
FUEL SELF SERVICE - 24 HRS WITH CREDIT CARD. |
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
| Dimensions: | 3505 x 75 ft. / 1068 x 23 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 40-45.008350N | | 40-45.398667N |
| Longitude: | 082-43.707067W | | 082-43.147817W |
| Elevation: | 1222.0 ft. | | 1218.2 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.1% | | 0.1% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 050 magnetic, 047 true | | 230 magnetic, 227 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 188 ft. | | no |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
OTS INDEFLY. |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 19 ft. pline, 476 ft. from runway, 270 ft. right of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear | | 78 ft. trees, 2350 ft. from runway, 250 ft. left of centerline, 27:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF GALION
301 HARDING WAY EAST
GALION, OH 44833
Phone 419-468-2818 |
| Manager: | BART T. ANATRA
1229 N. PARK ROAD
CRESTLINE, OH 44827
Phone 419-544-4165
FBO 419-468-3637. |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 31 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 31 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 119/week * | | 71% | local general aviation | | 29% | transient general aviation | | <1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 29 June 2009 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | STUDENT TRAINING ACTIVITY. |
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 14 January 2010 at 0901Z and 11 February 2010 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 05 | |
download |
| VOR OR GPS RWY 23 | |
download |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
12G - Shelby Community Airport (7 nm N)
KMFD - Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport (10 nm NE)
17G - Port Bucyrus-Crawford County Airport (12 nm W)
4I9 - Morrow County Airport (15 nm SW)
8G1 - Willard Airport (17 nm N)
KMNN - Marion Municipal Airport (18 nm SW)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 07-Sep-2008
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 10-Feb-2010
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:04 | | 12:04 |
| Sunrise | | 07:32 | | 12:32 |
| Sunset | | 17:58 | | 22:58 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:27 | | 23:27 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 10-Feb-2010 07:06:30 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 10-Feb-2010 02:06:30 |
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| METAR |
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KMFD
10nm E | 100652Z AUTO 22014G22KT 2SM -SN FEW015 BKN060 OVC085 M09/M12 A2958 RMK AO2 SLP033 P0000 T10941122
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KMNN
18nm SW | 100653Z AUTO 23014KT 10SM FEW017 BKN024 OVC065 M12/M15 A2964 RMK AO2 SNE24 SLP054 P0000 T11171150
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KMFD
10nm E | 100532Z 1006/1106 24012G18KT 3SM -SN SCT008 OVC015 TEMPO 1006/1010 2SM -SN OVC008 FM101000 25012G20KT 4SM -SHSN BLSN SCT008 OVC015 TEMPO 1010/1014 2SM -SHSN BLSN FM101400 32015G25KT 3SM -SHSN BLSN OVC010 FM110100 31012KT P6SM VCSH OVC025
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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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