FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013
Location
| FAA Identifier: | AKO |
| Lat/Long: | 40-10-32.3000N / 103-13-19.3000W
40-10.538333N / 103-13.321667W
40.1756389 / -103.2220278
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 4716 ft. / 1437.4 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: | ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
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 | | 171/21.4 | | 392 | | 08E | | 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: | 7001 x 100 ft. / 2134 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in fair 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: | 40-10.820233N | | 40-10.255642N |
| Longitude: | 103-13.976738W | | 103-12.666460W |
| Elevation: | 4715.8 ft. | | 4670.6 ft. |
| Gradient: | | | 0.06% UP |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 109 magnetic, 119 true | | 289 magnetic, 299 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in fair 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: | | 15 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 13 | | Helicopters: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 47/day * | | 73% | transient general aviation | | 23% | local general aviation | | 2% | military | | 1% | air taxi | | <1% | commercial | | * for 12-month period ending 31 January 2011 | |
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 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 11 | |
download (182KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 29 | |
download (160KB) |
| VOR RWY 29 | |
download (159KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (23KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KSTK - Sterling Municipal Airport (26 nm N)
KFMM - Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (28 nm W)
2V5 - Wray Municipal Airport (45 nm E)
KHEQ - Holyoke Airport (49 nm NE)
KSNY - Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Field Airport (56 nm N)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Bob Iversen
Taken in 2009
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Colorado Plains Regional Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Sectional chart |
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 18-May-2013
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:04 | | 11:04 |
| Sunrise | | 05:35 | | 11:35 |
| Sunset | | 20:03 | | 02:03 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:34 | | 02:34 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 18-May-2013 08:29:28 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 18-May-2013 02:29:28 |
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| METAR |
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| KAKO | 180753Z AUTO 18015KT 7SM CLR 17/16 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP029 T01670156 $
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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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