FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | AKO |
| Lat/Long: | 40-10-32.2800N / 103-13-19.3000W
40-10.538000N / 103-13.321667W
40.1756333 / -103.2220278
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 4714 ft. / 1436.8 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: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
| Fire and rescue: | ARFF index A |
| Airline operations: | CLSD TO ACR OPNS WITH MORE THAN 30 PSGR SEATS EXCP 24 HR PPR. |
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 | | 168/21.4 | | 392 | | 11E | | 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: | 7000 x 100 ft. / 2134 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good 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: | 40-10.820217N | | 40-10.255733N |
| Longitude: | 103-13.976750W | | 103-12.666667W |
| Elevation: | 4713.7 ft. | | 4668.5 ft. |
| Gradient: | | | 0.06% UP |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 109 magnetic, 119 true | | 289 magnetic, 299 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good 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: | | 14 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 12 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 55/day * | | 64% | transient general aviation | | 35% | local general aviation | | <1% | air taxi | | <1% | military | | <1% | commercial | | * for 12-month period ending 31 March 2008 | |
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 3 July 2008 at 0901Z and 31 July 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 11 | |
download (176KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 29 | |
download (196KB) |
| VOR RWY 29 | |
download (193KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KSTK - Sterling Municipal Airport (26 nm N)
2V5 - Wray Municipal Airport (45 nm E)
KHEQ - Holyoke Airport (49 nm NE)
KSNY - Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Field Airport (56 nm N)
KIBM - Kimball Municipal Airport/Robert E Arraj Field (64 nm N)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 25-Jul-2008
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:15 | | 11:15 |
| Sunrise | | 05:46 | | 11:46 |
| Sunset | | 20:12 | | 02:12 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:43 | | 02:43 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 26-Jul-2008 00:03:21 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 25-Jul-2008 18:03:21 |
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| METAR |
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| KAKO | 252353Z AUTO 16015KT 10SM FEW080 30/12 A3015 RMK AO2 PK WND 15027/2316 LTG DSNT W AND NW SLP147 T03000117 10328 20283 55009
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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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