FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | OPN |
| Lat/Long: | 32-57-18.0092N / 084-15-50.7103W 32-57.300153N / 084-15.845172W 32.9550026 / -84.2640862 (estimated) |
| Elevation: | 798 ft. / 243.2 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 03W (1995) |
| From city: | 5 miles NE of THOMASTON, GA |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 30286 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 07/1994 |
| Sectional chart: | ATLANTA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ATLANTA CENTER |
| FSS: | MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | OPN (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0800-1800 FOR AFT HRS SVC CALL 706-647-7143. |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN ACTVT MALSR RY 30 AND PAPI RYS 12 & 30 - CTAF. MIRL RY 12/30 PRESET MED INTST DUSK-0000; AFTER 0000 ACTVT - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 133.975 (706-646-4123) |
| ATLANTA APPROACH: | 119.6 7000 & ABV 124.2 BLO 7000 [0600-0000] |
| ATLANTA DEPARTURE: | 119.6 7000 & ABV 124.2 BLO 7000 [0600-0000] |
| WX AWOS-3 at 6A2 (16 nm N): | 119.750 (770-227-3934) |
- ATLANTA LARGE TRACON IS PROVIDING PART-TIME APCH/DEP SVC 0615-0000; ATLANTA ARTCC PROVIDES APCH/DEP SVC 0000-0615 ON FREQS 134.5/360.75 (MACON RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
| MCNr296/34.9 | | MACON VORTAC | | 114.20 | | 01E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A1+ |
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Runway Information
Runway 12/30
| Dimensions: | 6350 x 100 ft. / 1935 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 20.0 | | Double wheel: | 50.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 12 | | RUNWAY 30 |
| Latitude: | 32-57.543917N | | 32-57.056390N |
| Longitude: | 084-16.394717W | | 084-15.295627W |
| Elevation: | 786.8 ft. | | 797.5 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 121 magnetic, 118 true | | 301 magnetic, 298 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 648 ft. | | 699 ft. |
| Markings: | precision, in good condition | | precision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-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 |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | | | ILS/DME |
| Obstructions: | 38 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 276 ft. right of centerline 40 FT TREES 276 FT LEFT AT THRESHOLD, AND FENCE AND ROAD 198 FT RIGHT AT THRESHOLD. | | 45 ft. trees, 821 ft. from runway, 570 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear 11:1 APPROACH TO DISPLACED THRESHOLD, 47 FT TREES 517 FT FM DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND 580 FT LEFT. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF THOMASTON P O BOX 672 THOMASTON, GA 30286 Phone 706-647-6633 |
| Manager: | MITCH ELLERBEE 2347 DEL RAY ROAD THOMASTON, GA 30286 Phone 706-647-4500 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 64 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 54 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 8 | | Ultralights: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 44/day * | | 62% | local general aviation | | 38% | transient general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 27 March 2008 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU 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 |
| ILS OR LOC RWY 30 **NEW** | |
download (304KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 12 **NEW** | |
download (231KB) |
| NDB RWY 30 **NEW** | |
download (225KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply **CHANGED** | |
download (103KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
6A2 - Griffin-Spalding County Airport (16 nm N)
6A1 - Butler Municipal Airport (23 nm S)
4A7 - Clayton County Airport - Tara Field (26 nm N)
KFFC - Peachtree City Airport-Falcon Field (29 nm NW)
KPIM - Harris County Airport (32 nm W)
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| Sectional chart |
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 07-Nov-2009
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
| Morning civil twilight | | 06:36 | | 11:36 |
| Sunrise | | 07:01 | | 12:01 |
| Sunset | | 17:40 | | 22:40 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:06 | | 23:06 |
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| Current date and time |
| Zulu (UTC) | 08-Nov-2009 04:55:20 |
| Local (UTC-5) | 07-Nov-2009 23:55:20 |
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| METAR |
| KOPN | 080420Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/03 A3026 RMK AO1
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| TAF |
KMCN 35nm SE | 072328Z 0800/0824 00000KT P6SM FEW250 FM080600 00000KT 6SM BR FEW250 TEMPO 0806/0808 4SM BR FM080800 00000KT 5SM BR SCT250 TEMPO 0808/0812 2SM BR FM081400 05004KT P6SM SCT250 FM081800 07007KT P6SM SCT250 FM082300 06006KT P6SM BKN250
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KATL 42nm N | 080254Z 0803/0906 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 FM081000 05003KT P6SM FEW250 FM081400 08006KT P6SM SCT250 FM081600 11008KT P6SM SCT250 FM090000 09007KT P6SM BKN250
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KCSG 43nm SW | 072328Z 0800/0824 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 TEMPO 0810/0812 6SM BR FM081400 09005KT P6SM SCT250 FM081800 08007KT P6SM SCT250 FM082300 07007KT P6SM BKN250
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| NOTAMs |
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