AirNav: KFEP - Albertus Airport

KFEP

Albertus Airport
Freeport, Illinois, USA

GOING TO FREEPORT?

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 2013

Location

FAA Identifier:	FEP
Lat/Long:	42-14-46.1710N / 089-34-55.1520W 42-14.769517N / 089-34.919200W 42.2461586 / -89.5819867 (estimated)
Elevation:	859 ft. / 261.8 m (surveyed)
Variation:	00E (1995)
From city:	3 miles SE of FREEPORT, IL
Time zone:	UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	61032

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	10/1945
Sectional chart:	CHICAGO
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	CHICAGO CENTER
FSS:	KANKAKEE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility:	FEP (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	MON-FRI 0800-1800, ALL SAT 0800-1700
Pattern altitude:	800 FT PISTON ACFT, 400 FT ULTRALIGHTS.
Wind indicator:	lighted
Segmented circle:	yes
Lights:	MIRL RY 06/24 & TWY LGTS PRESET ON LOW INTST SS-SR; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT MALSR RY 24 - CTAF. PAPI RYS 06 & 24 OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY.
Beacon:	white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM:	122.8
WX AWOS-3:	120.525 (815-233-4472)
ROCKFORD APPROACH:	126.0
ROCKFORD DEPARTURE:	126.0
CLEARANCE DELIVERY:	121.85

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
PLLr348/17.0	POLO VOR/DME	111.20	03E
RFDr273/17.0	ROCKFORD VOR/DME	110.80	01E
JVLr225/28.2	JANESVILLE VOR/DME	114.30	03E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
JANESVILLE		224/32.6		375		03E		JVL	.--- ...- .-..
WHITESIDE		015/33.4		254		01E		BOZ	-... --- --..

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

Dimensions:

5504 x 100 ft. / 1678 x 30 m

Surface:

asphalt/grooved, in good condition

Weight bearing capacity:

Single wheel:	20.0
Double wheel:	60.0

Runway edge lights:

medium intensity

RUNWAY 6

RUNWAY 24

Latitude:

42-14.396598N

42-14.926452N

Longitude:

089-35.406348W

089-34.417115W

Elevation:

859.0 ft.

840.6 ft.

Gradient:

0.2%

Traffic pattern:

left

Runway heading:

054

234

Markings:

nonprecision, in good condition

Visual slope indicator:

4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)

Approach lights:

MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights

Runway end identifier lights:

Touchdown point:

yes, no lights

Instrument approach:

ILS/DME

Obstructions:

45 ft. tree, 1521 ft. from runway, 372 ft. left of centerline, 29:1 slope to clear

none

Runway 18/36

Dimensions:	2496 x 150 ft. / 761 x 46 m
Surface:	turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings:	18/36 THLDS MKD WITH IN-GROUND CONC MARKERS.
	RUNWAY 18	RUNWAY 36
Latitude:	42-15.060952N	42-14.650010N
Longitude:	089-34.984613W	089-34.976808W
Elevation:	834.4 ft.	844.9 ft.
Gradient:	0.4%	0.4%
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Runway heading:	179	359
Markings:	none	none
Runway end identifier lights:	no	no
Obstructions:	6 ft. road, 200 ft. from runway, 143 ft. left of centerline, 33:1 slope to clear	72 ft. tree, 3212 ft. from runway, 443 ft. left of centerline, 44:1 slope to clear

Runway 13/31

Dimensions:	2285 x 150 ft. / 696 x 46 m
Surface:	turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings:	13/31 THLDS MKD WITH IN-GROUND CONC MARKERS.
	RUNWAY 13	RUNWAY 31
Latitude:	42-15.046297N	42-14.825115N
Longitude:	089-35.074648W	089-34.665210W
Elevation:	834.7 ft.	841.1 ft.
Gradient:	0.2%	0.2%
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Runway heading:	126	306
Markings:	none	none
Runway end identifier lights:	no	no
Obstructions:	13 ft. road, 286 ft. from runway, 152 ft. left of centerline, 22:1 slope to clear	none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	CITY OF FREEPORT CITY HALL 230 W STEPHENSON FREEPORT, IL 61032 Phone 815-235-8200
Manager:	DARRELL JANSSEN 1255 E AIRPORT ROAD FREEPORT, IL 61032 Phone 815-232-1078

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field:		62
Single engine airplanes:		53
Multi engine airplanes:		4
Gliders airplanes:		1
Ultralights:		4

Aircraft operations: avg 55/day *
60%	local general aviation
40%	transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 March 2011

Additional Remarks

-	ULTRALIGHT 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 19 September 2013 at 0901Z and 17 October 2013 at 0900Z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS OR LOC RWY 24		download (232KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 06		download (211KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 24		download (234KB)
VOR RWY 24		download (211KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply		download (26KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (201KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KRFD - Chicago/Rockford International Airport (22 nm E)
KEFT - Monroe Municipal Airport (22 nm N)
C73 - Dixon Municipal Airport-Charles R. Walgreen Field (25 nm S)
KSFY - Tri-Township Airport (26 nm SW)
KSQI - Whiteside County Airport-Jos H Bittorf Field (30 nm S)

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Sectional chart

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 16-Oct-2013

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:45	11:45
Sunrise	07:13	12:13
Sunset	18:15	23:15
Evening civil twilight	18:43	23:43

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	16-Oct-2013 14:22:36
Local (UTC-5)	16-Oct-2013 09:22:36

METAR

KFEP

161355Z AUTO 25009G15KT 10SM OVC011 10/08 A2989 RMK AO2 T00950078

TAF

KRFD
22nm E

160543Z 1606/1706 23010KT P6SM BKN025 FM160700 24012G18KT P6SM SCT015 OVC020 FM161100 23012KT P6SM OVC010 FM161600 27012G17KT P6SM OVC020 FM170000 27006KT P6SM SCT025 OVC035

NOTAMs

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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

Business Name

Contact

Services / Description

Fuel Prices

Comments

Freeport Flight Center

815-232-1078

no information available

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	100LL		Jet A
FS		$5.99		$5.23
Updated 15-Oct-2013

4 read write

FS=Full service

Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Albertus Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Albertus Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.

AirNav users who flew into KFEP have stayed at...
	Miles		Price ($)
FREEPORT PLAZA HOTEL		2.5	60-61
SUPER 8 FREEPORT		2.8	75-95

Other hotels near Albertus Airport
	Miles		Price ($)
COUNTRY INN & SUITES BY CARLSON FREEPORT		3.6	99-119
HAMPTON INN FREEPORT		4.0	105-109
BAYMONT INN & SUITES FREEPORT		4.6	76-110

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.

Hotels in other cities near Albertus Airport

5 in	Freeport
1 in	Mount Morris

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