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KFCY Forrest City Municipal Airport
Forrest City, Arkansas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013

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 -5 (UTC -6 during Standard 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)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

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 fair 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: none30 ft. trees, 1200 ft. from runway, 225 ft. right of centerline, 33:1 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 31 July 2010

Additional Remarks

494 FT LGTD TWR 3 MILES NORTH ON CNTRLN.
RY 36 DITCH 201 FT FROM SOUTH END OF RY.

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 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 36   download (126KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

6M7 - Marianna/Lee County Airport-Steve Edwards Field (10 nm S)
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)
 
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Aerial photo of KFCY (Forrest City Municipal Airport)
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Taken in the Spring of 2007

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 18-May-2013
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:3010:30
Sunrise05:5810:58
Sunset20:0101:01
Evening civil twilight20:2901:29

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-May-2013 07:27:20
Local (UTC-5)  18-May-2013 02:27:20
 
METAR
KUTA 
26nm SE 
180655Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR SCT001 SCT025 BKN060 20/19 A2994 RMK AO2
KAWM 
29nm NE 
180653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP128 T01890183 $
KMEM 
40nm E 
180654Z 00000KT 10SM SCT015 21/18 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02060183
KCKM 
41nm S 
180655Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BKN030 OVC035 23/23 A2993 RMK AO1
KSGT 
44nm SW 
180635Z AUTO 18003KT 7SM BKN065 23/21 A2993 RMK AO1
KM19 
46nm NW 
180656Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM BKN042 19/19 A2995 RMK AO2 T01940194 SLP138
KOLV 
49nm E 
180655Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM CLR 18/ A2995
TAF
KMEM 
40nm E 
180528Z 1806/1906 00000KT P6SM FEW060 FM180700 19003KT 6SM BR SCT005 SCT035 FM180900 19003KT 2SM BR OVC005 FM181400 20005KT P6SM BKN015 FM181700 21008KT P6SM SCT030 FM190000 18005KT P6SM SCT050
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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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FS --- $5.25 
SS $5.65 --- 
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SUPER 8 FORREST CITY AR 6.9 65-68
 

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REGENCY INN FORREST CITY 4.7 

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