FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | MEJ |
| Lat/Long: | 37-16-36.7000N / 100-21-23.4000W
37-16.611667N / 100-21.390000W
37.2768611 / -100.3565000
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 2529 ft. / 770.8 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 08E (2000) |
| From city: | 1 mile W of MEADE, KS |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 67864 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 06/1948 |
| Sectional chart: | WICHITA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | KANSAS CITY CENTER |
| FSS: | WICHITA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | MEJ (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-FRI 0800-1700 |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 17/35 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 119.425 (620-873-8447) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY KANSAS CITY ARTCC ON FREQS 134.0/290.8 (LIBERAL RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| LBLr054/32.5 | | LIBERAL VORTAC | | 112.30 | | 11E |
| DDCr198/38.3 | | DODGE CITY VORTAC | | 108.20 | | 08E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 17/35
| Dimensions: | 4800 x 75 ft. / 1463 x 23 m |
| Surface: | concrete, in fair condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 17 | | RUNWAY 35 |
| Latitude: | 37-17.032167N | | 37-16.242833N |
| Longitude: | 100-21.376500W | | 100-21.313667W |
| Elevation: | 2516.7 ft. | | 2502.4 ft. |
| Gradient: | | | 0.3% UP |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 168 magnetic, 176 true | | 348 magnetic, 356 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left | | 2-light PAPI on left |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 10 ft. road, 575 ft. from runway, 37:1 slope to clear | | 13 ft. road, 400 ft. from runway, 15:1 slope to clear |
Runway 8/26
| Dimensions: | 2553 x 80 ft. / 778 x 24 m |
| Surface: | turf, in poor condition
ROUGH, UNEVEN & MARKED. |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
| Latitude: | 37-16.908000N | | 37-16.908000N |
| Longitude: | 100-21.748333W | | 100-21.221833W |
| Elevation: | 2529.0 ft. | | 2510.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | | | 0.7% UP |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 082 magnetic, 090 true | | 262 magnetic, 270 true |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 15 ft. road, 10 ft. from runway | | 8 ft. post |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF MEADE
PO BOX 338
MEADE, KS 67864
Phone 620-873-2091
DENNIS ECKHOFF - CITY ADMINISTRATOR. |
| Manager: | DEAN CORDES
PO BOX 338
MEADE, KS 67864
Phone 620-873-2091
CRAIG STRATTON, BRINGHAM FLYING SVC-FBO 620-873-5191. |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 11 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 10 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 1 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 96/week * | | 60% | local general aviation | | 40% | transient general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 26 March 2009 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | PUBLIC TELEPHONE AVBL 24 HRS 620-873-8483. |
| - | TWY 'B' CLSD PERMLY. |
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 |
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| GPS RWY 17 | |
download (142KB) |
| GPS RWY 35 | |
download (151KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KLBL - Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (32 nm SW)
KDDC - Dodge City Regional Airport (35 nm NE)
KGCK - Garden City Regional Airport (43 nm NW)
KBFK - Buffalo Municipal Airport (43 nm SE)
KHQG - Hugoton Municipal Airport (49 nm W)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 23-Nov-2009
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:02 | | 13:02 |
| Sunrise | | 07:30 | | 13:30 |
| Sunset | | 17:26 | | 23:26 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:54 | | 23:54 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 23-Nov-2009 07:44:35 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 23-Nov-2009 01:44:35 |
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| METAR |
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KLBL
33nm SW | 230735Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 01/M02 A2989 RMK AO1
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KDDC
35nm NE | 230652Z AUTO 21007KT 4SM BR CLR 00/M01 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP130 T00001011
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KGCK
42nm NW | 230654Z AUTO 18005KT 5SM BR CLR 00/00 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP125 T00000000 $
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KDDC
35nm NE | 230521Z 2306/2406 VRB06KT 5SM BR FEW250 FM230800 VRB06KT 2SM BR OVC006 FM231400 15010KT P6SM SCT008 FM232000 32015G25KT P6SM BKN250 FM240100 32014KT P6SM BKN025
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KGCK
42nm NW | 230521Z 2306/2406 VRB06KT 5SM BR FEW250 FM230700 VRB06KT 2SM BR OVC006 FM231400 15010KT P6SM SCT008 FM231900 34017G27KT P6SM BKN250 FM240100 32016KT P6SM BKN025
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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