FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 DECEMBER 2020
Location
FAA Identifier: | DCU |
Lat/Long: | 34-39-14.6000N 086-56-43.3000W 34-39.243333N 086-56.721667W 34.6540556,-86.9453611 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 592 ft. / 180.4 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 04W (2020) |
From city: | 3 miles NE of DECATUR, AL |
Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 35671 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 09/1942 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MEMPHIS CENTER |
FSS: | ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | DCU (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-FRI 0700-1800, ALL SUN 1200-1700, ALL SAT 0800-1800 FOR ATTENDANT AFT HRS CALL (256) 998-2622 OR (256) 521-5030 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWYS 18 AND 36; PAPI RWY 36 AND HIRL RWY 18/36- CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.075 |
WX ASOS: | 118.375 (256-350-4270) |
HUNTSVILLE APPROACH: | 118.05 |
HUNTSVILLE DEPARTURE: | 118.05 |
WX ASOS at HSV (8 nm E): | 121.25 (256-772-8074) |
WX AWOS-3P at 9A4 (20 nm W): | 118.525 ((256) 637-0903) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 120.8/307.0 (HUNTSVILLE RCAG) WHEN HUNTSVILLE APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
DCU at field | | DECATUR VOR/DME | | 112.80 | | 01W |
RQZr239/17.6 | | ROCKET VORTAC | | 112.20 | | 02E |
MSLr096/27.1 | | MUSCLE SHOALS VORTAC | | 116.50 | | 01E |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A1+ |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | HIGH/LOW |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: | 6107 x 100 ft. / 1861 x 30 m 25 FT PAVED SHOULDERS WITH GRASS. |
Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | PCN 35 /F/B/X/T | Single wheel: | 75.0 | Double wheel: | 125.0 | Double tandem: | 150.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
Runway edge markings: | PART OF RWY MARKINGS HAVE BEEN CLEANED OR ARE VISIBLE. SEVERAL PRECISION APPCH TDZE MARKINGS AND RWY EDGE MARKINGS PARTIALLY OBSCURED/FADED |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
Latitude: | 34-39.746333N | | 34-38.739833N |
Longitude: | 086-56.709833W | | 086-56.733667W |
Elevation: | 588.0 ft. | | 583.3 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 185 magnetic, 181 true | | 005 magnetic, 001 true |
Markings: | precision, in fair condition | | precision, in fair condition |
Visual slope indicator: | | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Instrument approach: | ILS/DME | | |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | DECATUR/ATHENS AIRPORT AUTHORITY P.O. BOX 1182 DECATUR, AL 35612 Phone 256-355-5770 |
Manager: | ADAM FOUTZ PRYOR FIELD AIRPORT AUTHORITY, P.O. BOX 1182 DECATUR, AL 35602 Phone 256-355-5770 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 109 | Single engine airplanes: | | 93 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 9 | Jet airplanes: | | 3 | Helicopters: | | 3 | Gliders airplanes: | | 1 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 459/day * | 67% | transient general aviation | 24% | local general aviation | 7% | military | 2% | air taxi | * for 12-month period ending 31 May 2019 | |
Additional Remarks
- | FOR CD IF UNA TO CTC ON FSS FREQ, CTC HUNTSVILLE APCH AT 256-542-2070, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC MEMPHIS ARTCC AT 901-368-8453. |
- | ARPT UNATTD THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, NEW YEARS |
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 from 31 December 2020 at 0901Z to 28 January 2021 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
ILS Y OR LOC Y RWY 18 | |
download (334KB) |
ILS Z OR LOC Z RWY 18 | |
download (336KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (299KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (233KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (48KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (189KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KHSV - Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field (8 nm E)
KHUA - Redstone Army Airfield (13 nm E)
5M0 - Hartselle-Morgan County Regional Airport (15 nm S)
9A4 - Courtland Airport (20 nm W)
KMDQ - Huntsville Executive Airport / Tom Sharp Jr Field (23 nm NE)
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Aerial photo |
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Photo courtesy of BlakeMathis.com
Photo taken 15-Feb-2013
looking southeast.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 19-Jan-2021
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:27 | | 12:27 |
Sunrise | | 06:54 | | 12:54 |
Sunset | | 17:03 | | 23:03 |
Evening civil twilight | | 17:30 | | 23:30 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 19-Jan-2021 07:52:48 |
Local (UTC-6) | 19-Jan-2021 01:52:48 |
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METAR |
KDCU | 190653Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 01/M03 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP228 T00061033 $
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KHSV 8nm E | 190653Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM CLR 01/M04 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP224 T00061039
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KHUA 13nm E | 190658Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM OVC180 03/M05 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP223 T00281046
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TAF |
KHSV 8nm E | 190520Z 1906/2006 VRB04KT P6SM SCT250 FM191400 21007KT P6SM BKN050 OVC150 FM191800 23007KT P6SM OVC020 PROB30 1918/1922 -RA OVC011 FM192300 24006KT P6SM OVC009 FM200400 28006KT P6SM OVC015
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NOTAMs |
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