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KFOZ Bigfork Municipal Airport
Bigfork, Minnesota, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

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 -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving 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 --- .-. -...

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 good 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

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF BIGFORK
BOX 196
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: 3
Single engine airplanes: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 59/week *
68% local general aviation
32% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 28 February 2008

Additional Remarks

350' MICRO TWR 2 MILES SOUTH OF RWY.
DEER & WATERFOWL ON AND 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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 15   download (146KB)
NDB RWY 15   download (153KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures 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 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3812:38
Sunrise07:1113:11
Sunset16:4622:46
Evening civil twilight17:1923:19

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 17:21:22
Local (UTC-6)  08-Nov-2009 11:21:22
 
METAR
KFOZ 081653Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 08/00 A3005 RMK AO2
TAF
KHIB 
41nm SE 
081129Z 0812/0912 VRB03KT P6SM BKN100 OVC150 FM082000 10005KT P6SM VCSH SCT040 BKN080 OVC120 FM090000 VRB03KT P6SM SCT040 BKN080 OVC120 PROB30 0900/0906 6SM -RA BKN040 OVC080 FM090600 29005KT P6SM SCT030 BKN050 OVC080 PROB30 0906/0912 6SM -RA BKN030
KINL 
48nm N 
081442Z 0815/0912 VRB04KT P6SM BKN120 FM082000 14006KT P6SM VCSH OVC100 FM090000 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH BKN080 OVC120 FM090600 25005KT P6SM SCT040 BKN060 OVC080 PROB30 0906/0912 6SM -RA BKN040 OVC060
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