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KAMN Gratiot Community Airport
Alma, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: AMN
Lat/Long: 43-19-19.7000N / 084-41-16.6000W
43-19.328333N / 084-41.276667W
43.3221389 / -84.6879444
(estimated)
Elevation: 754 ft. / 229.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 05W (1990)
From city: 3 miles SW of ALMA, MI
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 48801

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: DETROIT
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CLEVELAND CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: AMN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1630,
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RYS 09/27 & 18/36; VASI RYS 09 & 27; REIL RYS 09 & 27 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 124.175 (989-463-3433)
SAGINAW APPROACH: 126.45
SAGINAW DEPARTURE: 126.45
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 119.25
WX AWOS-3 at MOP (18 nm N): 110.6 (989-773-2885)
  • APCH/DEP PROVIDED BY CLEVELAND ARTCC ON FREQS 127.7/307.8 (SAGINAW RCAG) WHEN SAGINAW APCH CONTROL CLOSED.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
MOPr178/18.2MOUNT PLEASANT VOR/DME110.6005W
MBSr248/29.4SAGINAW VOR/DME112.9003W
LANr006/36.3LANSING VORTAC110.8005W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ALMA096/4.332905WAMN .- -- -.
BROWNE266/36.838506WHYX .... -.-- -..-
WIGGINS197/40.020904WGDW --. -.. .--

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: HIGH
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 4999 x 75 ft. / 1524 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 40.0
Double wheel: 65.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 43-19.381320N43-19.377747N
Longitude: 084-41.761248W084-40.634155W
Elevation: 750.0 ft.752.6 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 095 magnetic, 090 true275 magnetic, 270 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: SDF

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 3197 x 75 ft. / 974 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 26.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: RY MARKINGS BADLY FADED.
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 43-19.511685N43-18.985505N
Longitude: 084-41.396882W084-41.400077W
Elevation: 752.5 ft.753.3 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 185 magnetic, 180 true005 magnetic, 000 true
Markings: basic, in poor conditionbasic, in poor condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 45 ft. trees, 1100 ft. from runway, 125 ft. both sides of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear65 ft. trees, 1825 ft. from runway, 25:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF ALMA-CO. OF GRATIOT
525 E SUPERIOR, P.O. BOX 278
ALMA, MI 48801
Phone 989-463-5430
Manager: DOUGLAS L. BRUSH
3999 WEST SEAMAN RD
ALMA, MI 48801
Phone 989-463-5430

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 30
Single engine airplanes: 22
Multi engine airplanes: 7
Jet airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 26/day *
58% local general aviation
42% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2007

Additional Remarks

- ANIMALS ON & INVOF ARPT.
- POWERED PARACHUTE ACTIVITY ON & INVOF ARPT.

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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 09 **CHANGED**   download (165KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 **CHANGED**   download (190KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 27 **CHANGED**   download (188KB)
SDF RWY 09 **CHANGED**   download (188KB)
VOR/DME RWY 18 **CHANGED**   download (177KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KMOP - Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (18 nm N)
13C - Lakeview Airport-Griffith Field (26 nm W)
6D6 - Greenville Municipal Airport (27 nm SW)
KIKW - Jack Barstow Airport (28 nm NE)
Y70 - Ionia County Airport (28 nm SW)
  
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Sectional chart
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From to KAMN

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5411:54
Sunrise07:2412:24
Sunset17:2122:21
Evening civil twilight17:5122:51

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 10:56:11
Local (UTC-5)  08-Nov-2009 05:56:11
 
METAR
KAMN 081036Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC001 01/01 A3011 RMK AO2
KMOP 
18nm N 		081036Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 01/01 A3011 RMK AO2
TAF
KMBS 
29nm NE 		080838Z 0809/0906 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV001 TEMPO 0812/0814 1SM BR SCT002 FM081400 VRB03KT 2SM BR SCT004 FM081600 15006KT P6SM SCT020 BKN200 FM090400 20010KT 4SM BR SCT012
KLAN 
33nm S 		080540Z 0806/0906 00000KT 3SM BR SKC FM080800 00000KT 2SM BR SKC FM081000 00000KT 1SM BR SKC FM081500 15006KT 5SM BR SCT250 FM081800 16008KT P6SM SCT250
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Three Point Aviation, LLC 989-463-5500
[email]
 Airport management, Aviation fuel, Oxygen service, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Passenger terminal and lounge, Aircraft charters, Aircraft maintenance, ...
 
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1 in Alma
7 in Mount Pleasant
 

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