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KFCY Forrest City Municipal Airport
Forrest City, Arkansas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: FCY
Lat/Long: 34-56-31.1930N / 090-46-29.8780W
34-56.519883N / 090-46.497967W
34.9419981 / -90.7749661
(estimated)
Elevation: 249 ft. / 75.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01E (2000)
From city: 4 miles S of FORREST CITY, AR
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 72335

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 08/1960
Sectional chart: MEMPHIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: JONESBORO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: JBR (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36 & PAPI RYS 18 & 36 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
  • APCH/DEP SVC PROVIDED BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 135.3/335.8(BRINKLEY RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
UJMr346/22.6MARVELL VOR/DME109.6001E
GQEr207/28.3GILMORE VOR/DME113.0004E
MEMr263/39.2MEMPHIS VORTAC117.5001E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BRINKLEY078/20.124202EBKZ -... -.- --..
WEST MEMPHIS245/29.236201EAWM .- .-- --
SPAIN242/38.841404ESPQ ... .--. --.-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
100LL AVBL 24 HRS SELF-SERVICE WITH CREDIT CARD; JET A AVBL DURG ATTENDED HRS ONLY.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 3014 x 50 ft. / 919 x 15 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 20.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 34-56.768267N34-56.271517N
Longitude: 090-46.492700W090-46.503250W
Elevation: 249.0 ft.242.5 ft.
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 180 magnetic, 181 true000 magnetic, 001 true
Markings: basic, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on right (4.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none35 ft. trees, 1100 ft. from runway, 25:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF FORREST CITY
PO BOX 1074
FORREST CITY, AR 72335
Phone 870-633-1315
Manager: GIL GILBREATH
BOX 1296 HWY 980
FORREST CITY, AR 72335
Phone 870-633-4511

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 5
Single engine airplanes: 5
    
Aircraft operations: avg 121/day *
97% local general aviation
2% transient general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 30 June 2007

Additional Remarks

494 FT LGTD TWR 3 MILES NORTH ON CNTRLN.

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 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 36   download (147KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (29KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

M36 - Frank Federer Memorial Airport (20 nm W)
KHEE - Thompson-Robbins Airport (22 nm S)
KUTA - Tunica Municipal Airport (26 nm SE)
KAWM - West Memphis Municipal Airport (29 nm NE)
M01 - General Dewitt Spain Airport (39 nm NE)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KFCY (Forrest City Municipal Airport)
Photo courtesy of the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics
Taken in the Spring of 2007

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Sectional chart
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From to KFCY

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2112:21
Sunrise06:4812:48
Sunset16:5222:52
Evening civil twilight17:2023:20

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  25-Nov-2009 15:57:14
Local (UTC-6)  25-Nov-2009 09:57:14
 
METAR
KUTA 
26nm SE 
251535Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 10/03 A3016 RMK AO2
KAWM 
29nm NE 
251553Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 11/03 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP204 T01110028
KMEM 
40nm E 
251553Z 28008KT 10SM CLR 11/03 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP206 T01060028
KSGT 
44nm SW 
251555Z AUTO 26007KT 10SM CLR 11/03 A3017 RMK AO1
KM19 
46nm NW 
251456Z AUTO 26007KT 10SM CLR 10/01 A3013 RMK AO2 51015 T01000011 SLP202 $
KOLV 
49nm E 
251450Z 25007KT 10SM SKC 07/05 A3013
TAF
KMEM 
40nm E 
251132Z 2512/2612 22006KT P6SM SKC FM251500 27010KT P6SM SKC FM260000 23005KT P6SM SKC FM260500 30006KT P6SM SKC
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Hutcherson Flying Service 870-633-4511
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100LL Jet A
FS --- $3.75 
SS $4.10 --- 
 Updated 19-Nov-2009
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SS=Self service
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SUPER 8 FORREST CITY AR 6.9 55-65
 

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