FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | OPN |
| Lat/Long: | 32-57-18.0060N / 084-15-50.8810W
32-57.300100N / 084-15.848017W
32.9550017 / -84.2641336
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 798 ft. / 243.2 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 03W (1995) |
| From city: | 5 miles NE of THOMASTON, GA |
| Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard 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 |
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| 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: | 6351 x 100 ft. / 1936 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: | 32-57.557500N | | 32-57.042783N |
| Longitude: | 084-16.388067W | | 084-15.305933W |
| Elevation: | 786.0 ft. | | 797.9 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 122 magnetic, 119 true | | 302 magnetic, 299 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 650 ft. | | no |
| 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
APPROACH TO DISPLACED THRESHOLD BLOCKED BY 30 FT TREES 240 FT LEFT AT DISPLACED THRESHOLD.
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: | | 67 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 55 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 9 | | Jet airplanes: | | 1 | | 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 3 July 2008 at 0901Z and 31 July 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS RWY 30 | |
download (214KB) |
| NDB OR GPS RWY 30 | |
download (200KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply | |
download (33KB) |
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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| Aerial photo |
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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 25-Jul-2008
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:20 | | 10:20 |
| Sunrise | | 06:47 | | 10:47 |
| Sunset | | 20:40 | | 00:40 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 21:07 | | 01:07 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 26-Jul-2008 01:32:07 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 25-Jul-2008 21:32:07 |
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| METAR |
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| KOPN | 260122Z AUTO 03003KT 7SM CLR 27/21 A3008 RMK AO1
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| TAF |
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KMCN
35nm SE | 252323Z 260024 07008KT P6SM SCT100 FM0800 32003KT 5SM BR SCT007 TEMPO 0912 3SM BR BKN006 OVC010 FM1400 27005KT P6SM FEW030 BKN080 FM1800 27008KT P6SM VCTS SCT050CB BKN100
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KWRB
40nm SE | 252121 VRB06KT 9999 VCTS SCT050CB BKN100 QNH2999INS BECMG 2324 21005KT 9999 NSW FEW040 FEW150 QNH3000INS BECMG 1617 30006KT 8000 -SHRA VCTS BKN060CB QNH2996INS T33/22Z T22/11Z
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KATL
42nm N | 252323Z 260024 34004KT P6SM BKN100 FM0800 32003KT 6SM BR SCT007 BKN070 TEMPO 0912 4SM BR BKN006 OVC010 FM1400 27005KT P6SM FEW030 BKN080 FM1800 27008KT P6SM VCTS SCT050CB BKN100
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KCSG
43nm SW | 252323Z 260024 11004KT P6SM SCT100 FM0800 32003KT P6SM SCT010 TEMPO 0912 6SM BR BKN010 FM1400 27005KT P6SM FEW030 BKN080 FM1800 27008KT P6SM VCTS SCT050CB BKN100
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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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