FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 FEBRUARY 2021
Location
FAA Identifier: | ETH |
Lat/Long: | 45-46-49.8219N 096-32-37.6727W 45-46.830365N 096-32.627878W 45.7805061,-96.5437980 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 1022.7 ft. / 311.7 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 05E (1995) |
From city: | 3 miles SW of WHEATON, MN |
Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 56296 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 04/1947 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
FSS: | PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | ETH (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | UNATNDD |
Pattern altitude: | 1998.7 ft. MSL |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | RY 16/34 MIRL PRESET TO LOW INTST. TO INCR INTST & ACTVT PAPI RY 16/34 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3: | 118.775 (320-563-4975) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 126.1/269.2 (ALEXANDRIA RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
MOXr293/27.3 | | MORRIS VOR/DME | | 109.60 | | 05E |
FFMr203/34.5 | | FERGUS FALLS VOR/DME | | 110.40 | | 05E |
Airport Services
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | NONE |
Powerplant service: | NONE |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 16/34
Dimensions: | 3298 x 75 ft. / 1005 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 16 | | RUNWAY 34 |
Latitude: | 45-47.060393N | | 45-46.538790N |
Longitude: | 096-32.672530W | | 096-32.459177W |
Elevation: | 1017.2 ft. | | 1022.7 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 159 magnetic, 164 true | | 339 magnetic, 344 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) PAPI 34 UNUSABLE BYD 8 DEGREE LEFT OF COURSE. |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Runway 6/24
Dimensions: | 1953 x 175 ft. / 595 x 53 m |
Surface: | turf, in fair condition LRG ANIMAL HOLES ALG RWY. |
Runway edge markings: | MARKED WITH YELLOW CONES. |
Operational restrictions: | NOT PLOWED WINTER MONTHS. |
| RUNWAY 6 | | RUNWAY 24 |
Latitude: | 45-46.809870N | | 45-46.954792N |
Longitude: | 096-32.937613W | | 096-32.527625W |
Elevation: | 1016.0 ft. | | 1017.4 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 058 magnetic, 063 true | | 238 magnetic, 243 true |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 8 ft. berm, 131 ft. from runway, 71 ft. right of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear | | none |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF WHEATON BOX 868 WHEATON, MN 56296 Phone 320-563-4110 |
Manager: | AMY OLSON BOX 868, 104 9TH ST. N WHEATON, MN 56296 Phone 320-563-4110 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 8 | Single engine airplanes: | | 6 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 2 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 75/week * | 77% | local general aviation | 23% | transient general aviation | * for 12-month period ending 31 July 2018 | |
Additional Remarks
- | FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588. |
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 25 February 2021 at 0901Z to 25 March 2021 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 16 | |
download (222KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 34 | |
download (232KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (44KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (156KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
8D3 - Sisseton Municipal Airport (20 nm W)
Y63 - Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport (26 nm NE)
KMOX - Morris Municipal Airport - Charlie Schmidt Field (27 nm SE)
KBWP - Harry Stern Airport (28 nm N)
KVVV - Ortonville Municipal Airport-Martinson Field (29 nm S)
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 05-Mar-2021
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:29 | | 12:29 |
Sunrise | | 06:59 | | 12:59 |
Sunset | | 18:17 | | 00:17 |
Evening civil twilight | | 18:47 | | 00:47 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 05-Mar-2021 14:54:50 |
Local (UTC-6) | 05-Mar-2021 08:54:50 |
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METAR |
KETH 5nm S | 051414Z AUTO 12004KT 7SM BKN034 00/M01 A3035 RMK AO2
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K8D3 20nm W | 051356Z AUTO 00000KT 02/M01 A3032 RMK AO1 SLP282 T00171006
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TAF |
KAXN 48nm E | 051130Z 0512/0612 10005KT P6SM FEW250 FM061100 10005KT 6SM BR SCT003
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NOTAMs |
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