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KFOZ Bigfork Municipal Airport
Bigfork, Minnesota, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: FOZ
Lat/Long: 47-46-58.2000N / 093-39-00.7000W
47-46.970000N / 093-39.011667W
47.7828333 / -93.6501944
(estimated)
Elevation: 1348 ft. / 410.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 02E (1995)
From city: 2 miles N of BIGFORK, MN
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 56628

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 09/1949
Sectional chart: TWIN CITIES
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: FOZ (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 15/33 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3: 345 (218-743-3289)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 127.9/281.45(DULUTH RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GPZr344/37.7GRAND RAPIDS VOR/DME111.4006E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BIGFORKat field34502EFOZ ..-. --- --..
ORR244/34.734102EORB --- .-. -...
COOK266/38.723301ECQM -.-. --.- --

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions: 3100 x 75 ft. / 945 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
CRACKS.
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 15  RUNWAY 33
Latitude: 47-47.193333N47-46.746667N
Longitude: 093-39.195000W093-38.828333W
Elevation: 1348.0 ft.1344.7 ft.
Gradient: 0.3%0.3%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 149 magnetic, 151 true329 magnetic, 331 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Obstructions: none
BRUSH +4, 0-200 FM RWY END, 225L.
15 ft. trees, 545 ft. from runway, 225 ft. left of centerline, 28:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF BIGFORK
BOX 197
BIGFORK, MN 56628
Phone 218-743-3782
Manager: LOREN E. HOVILA
BOX 336
BIGFORK, MN 56628
Phone 218-743-3640

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 5
Single engine airplanes: 4
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 59/week *
68% local general aviation
32% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 August 2005

Additional Remarks

350' MICRO TWR 2 MILES SOUTH OF RWY.
DEER & WATERFOWL ON AND INVOF ARPT.
ULTRALIGHTS ON & INVOF ARPT.
GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC & FLT SVCS.

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 5 June 2008 at 0901Z and 3 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 15   download (145KB)
NDB RWY 15   download (158KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (30KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KGPZ - Grand Rapids/Itasca County Airport-Gordon Newstrom Field (35 nm S)
KORB - Orr Regional Airport (35 nm NE)
KCQM - Cook Municipal Airport (39 nm E)
KHIB - Chisholm-Hibbing Airport (41 nm SE)
KINL - Falls International Airport (48 nm N)
 
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Sectional chart
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From to KFOZ

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 06-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:4509:45
Sunrise05:2510:25
Sunset21:1402:14
Evening civil twilight21:5402:54

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  06-Jul-2008 08:21:32
Local (UTC-5)  06-Jul-2008 03:21:32
 
METAR
KFOZ 060753Z AUTO 22010G17KT 7SM TS SCT036 BKN046 23/16 A2967 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W THRU NE
TAF
KHIB 
41nm SE 
060539Z 060606 18008KT P6SM VCSH SCT050 SCT100 TEMPO 0812 22008KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN025 BKN040CB FM1200 22008KT P6SM VCSH BKN035 BKN080 TEMPO 1215 2SM TSRA BR BKN025 BKN040CB FM1600 26009KT P6SM SCT050 FM1900 29010KT P6SM SCT050 FM0200 31007KT P6SM SKC
KINL 
48nm N 
060539Z 060606 17010KT P6SM VCSH SCT050 SCT100 WS015/20040KT FM0700 21009KT P6SM VCSH SCT040 BKN080 WS015/24040KT TEMPO 0711 2SM TSRA BR BKN020 BKN040CB FM1400 26011KT P6SM SCT040 FM1600 29012G20KT P6SM SCT040 FM1900 31012G20KT P6SM SCT040 FM0100 330
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