FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 12 JUNE 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | PCM |
Lat/Long: | 28-00-00.6000N 082-09-47.9000W 28-00.010000N 082-09.798333W 28.0001667,-82.1633056 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 152.7 ft. / 46.5 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 05W (2010) |
From city: | 2 miles SW of PLANT CITY, FL |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 33567 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 03/1948 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MIAMI CENTER |
FSS: | SAINT PETERSBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | PCM (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0700-1900 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 10 & 28; PAPI RWY 10 & 28; MIRL RWY 10/28 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.05 |
WX AWOS-3: | 120.025 (813-764-8259) |
TAMPA APPROACH: | 120.65 119.9 |
TAMPA DEPARTURE: | 120.65 119.9 |
WX AWOS-3PT at LAL (8 nm E): | PHONE 863-834-2030 |
WX AWOS-3 at VDF (10 nm W): | 121.125 (813-630-0924) |
WX AWOS-3PT at ZPH (14 nm N): | 118.975 (813-780-0031) |
WX AWOS-3 at TPF (16 nm W): | 118.925 (813-251-6824) |
WX ASOS at TPA (20 nm W): | 126.45 (813-296-2752) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
LALr275/8.0 | | LAKELAND VORTAC | | 116.00 | | 01E |
PIEr084/28.2 | | ST PETERSBURG VORTAC | | 116.40 | | 05W |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 10/28
Dimensions: | 3950 x 75 ft. / 1204 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in excellent condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | PCN 7 /F/C/X/T | Single wheel: | 21.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 10 | | RUNWAY 28 |
Latitude: | 28-00.033208N | | 27-59.985390N |
Longitude: | 082-10.165047W | | 082-09.432610W |
Elevation: | 151.5 ft. | | 137.9 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 099 magnetic, 094 true | | 279 magnetic, 274 true |
Displaced threshold: | 200 ft. | | no |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, 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) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 15 ft. road, 305 ft. from runway, 250 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear RWY 10 APCH RATIO 26:1 TO DTHR. | | 43 ft. trees, 1150 ft. from runway, 275 ft. left of centerline, 22:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AVIATION AUTH P.O. BOX 22287 TAMPA, FL 33622 Phone 813-870-8711 |
Manager: | BRETT FAY PO BOX 22287 TAMPA, FL 33622 Phone 813-870-8735 AIRPORT PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 4007 AIRPORT RD, PLANT CITY, FL 33563 |
Additional Remarks
A30A-10 | NOISE ABATEMENT PROC IN EFCT FOR DEP; NO TURNS BLW 500 FT AGL UNLESS DIRECTED BY ATC. |
- | NMRS 1099 FT & 1549 FT MSL TWRS 12 NM SSW. |
- | GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 TAMPA CLNC DEL, FOR PCM. |
- | FOR CD IF UNA VIA GCO CTC TAMPA APCH AT 813-878-2528. |
- | VFR ACFT ARR/DEP PLANT CITY ARPT, EXER CTN DUE TO SML AND HVY TBJT ACFT TRSNG ARPT TFC AREA 1700 FT AND ABV ON APCH TO LAKELAND INTL 6.5 NM EAST. |
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 from 12 June 2025 at 0901Z to 10 July 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 10 | |
download (241KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 28 | |
download (234KB) |
VOR RWY 28 | |
download (187KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (162KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KLAL - Lakeland Linder International Airport (8 nm E)
KVDF - Tampa Executive Airport (10 nm W)
KZPH - Zephyrhills Municipal Airport (14 nm N)
KTPF - Peter O Knight Airport (16 nm W)
KTPA - Tampa International Airport (20 nm W)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo courtesy of PhotosFromTheAir.com
Photo taken 27-Feb-2012
looking west.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 03-Jul-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:11 | | 10:11 |
Sunrise | | 06:38 | | 10:38 |
Sunset | | 20:28 | | 00:28 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:55 | | 00:55 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 03-Jul-2025 23:12:16 |
Local (UTC-4) | 03-Jul-2025 19:12:16 |
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METAR |
KPCM | 032255Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM SCT017 SCT110 28/24 A2997 RMK AO2
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KLAL 8nm E | 032250Z 20008KT 10SM SCT018 29/29 A2994
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KVDF 10nm W | 032255Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A2995 RMK AO2
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KZPH 14nm N | 032255Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A2995 RMK A02 LTG DSNT ALQDS T02860240
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KTPF 16nm W | 032255Z AUTO RMK AO2 PWINO
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KTPA 20nm W | 032253Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02670250
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TAF |
KLAL 8nm E | 031720Z 0318/0418 21006KT P6SM VCSH BKN030 BKN120 FM031900 22008KT P6SM VCTS SCT035CB BKN120 FM040200 19005KT P6SM FEW025 SCT100 BKN250 FM041400 25003KT P6SM BKN040
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KTPA 20nm W | 031723Z 0318/0424 36010KT 2SM TSRA FEW025CB BKN035 FM031830 20006KT P6SM VCTS SCT035CB SCT120 BKN250 TEMPO 0319/0320 4SM TSRA BKN040CB FM032100 24007KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 BKN120 FM040100 24005KT P6SM FEW025 SCT100 BKN250 FM041400 24006KT P6SM FEW030 OVC060 PROB30 0414/0417 4SM TSRA BKN050CB
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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