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KPOH Pocahontas Municipal Airport
Pocahontas, Iowa, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: POH
Lat/Long: 42-44-34.4000N / 094-38-50.5000W
42-44.573333N / 094-38.841667W
42.7428889 / -94.6473611
(estimated)
Elevation: 1226 ft. / 373.7 m (surveyed)
Variation: 05E (1985)
From city: 1 mile NE of POCAHONTAS, IA
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 50574

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1940
Sectional chart: OMAHA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: FOD (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
FOR SVC CALL SHERIFFS OFFICE (712) 335-3308.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29; PAPI RY 11; VASI RY 29 & REIL RYS 11 & 29 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
  • APCH/DEP SVC PROVIDED BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 134.0/288.3 (FORT DODGE RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
FODr290/17.4FORT DODGE VORTAC113.5007E
SPWr131/35.0SPENCER VOR/DME110.0005E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
POCAHONTASat field42806EPOH .--. --- ....
EMMETSBURG169/21.741004EEGQ . --. --.-
ALGONA216/26.140303EAXA .- -..- .-
SAC CITY030/26.335604ESKI ... -.- ..
STORM LAKE068/27.743404ESLB ... .-.. -...
LITTLE SIOUX132/31.432605ELTU .-.. - ..-
EAGLE GROVE271/32.530203EEAG . .- --.
PUFF170/36.734504EPUF .--. ..- ..-.
WEBSTER CITY295/38.832303EEBS . -... ...
CLARION267/39.238703ECAV -.-. .- ...-
PILOT ROCK084/39.942305ECKP -.-. -.- .--.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL MOGAS
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 11/29

Dimensions: 4100 x 60 ft. / 1250 x 18 m
Surface: concrete, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 15.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 11  RUNWAY 29
Latitude: 42-44.742615N42-44.390533N
Longitude: 094-39.273488W094-38.492348W
Elevation: 1225.5 ft.1221.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 116 magnetic, 121 true296 magnetic, 301 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.15 degrees glide path)2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yes
REIL OTS INDEFLY.
yes
REIL OTS INDEFLY.
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 54 ft. tree, 852 ft. from runway, 305 ft. left of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear15 ft. road, 520 ft. from runway, 295 ft. right of centerline, 21:1 slope to clear

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 1998 x 135 ft. / 609 x 41 m
Surface: turf, in fair condition
Runway edge markings: RWY 18 /36 MARKED WITH YELLOW CONES
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 42-44.752162N42-44.424197N
Longitude: 094-38.741492W094-38.775773W
Elevation: 1223.9 ft.1218.1 ft.
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 180 magnetic, 185 true000 magnetic, 005 true
Obstructions: 19 ft. road, 405 ft. from runway, 21:1 slope to clearnone

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF POCAHONTAS
CITY HALL 23 WEST ELM
POCAHONTAS, IA 50574
Phone 712-335-4841
Manager: GARY MC CARTAN
218 NORTH MAIN
POCAHONTAS, IA 50574
Phone 712-335-4382
OFFICE NUMBER 712-335-4677

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 19
Single engine airplanes: 17
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Helicopters: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 86/week *
57% transient general aviation
43% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 07 May 2009

Additional Remarks

RY 29 IS CALM WIND RY.

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
VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 29   download (179KB)
NDB OR GPS RWY 11   download (169KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (64KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KEGQ - Emmetsburg Municipal Airport (22 nm N)
KFOD - Fort Dodge Regional Airport (23 nm SE)
KAXA - Algona Municipal Airport (26 nm NE)
KSKI - Sac City Municipal Airport (26 nm SW)
KSLB - Storm Lake Municipal Airport (28 nm W)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3312:33
Sunrise07:0313:03
Sunset17:0223:02
Evening civil twilight17:3223:32

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 11:26:58
Local (UTC-6)  08-Nov-2009 05:26:58
 
METAR
KFOD 
25nm SE 
081115Z 10010KT 10SM CLR 06/M01 A2996 RMK AO1
KAXA 
26nm NE 
081115Z AUTO 11012KT 10SM CLR 09/M01 A2996 RMK AO2
KSLB 
27nm W 
081115Z AUTO 10010KT 10SM CLR 08/M01 A2992 RMK AO2
KSPW 
36nm NW 
081053Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM CLR 06/M01 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP146 T00561011
KCAV 
39nm E 
081115Z AUTO 10016KT 10SM CLR 08/M01 A2997 RMK AO2
KEBS 
40nm SE 
081115Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR 07/M01 A2996 RMK AO2
KEST 
40nm N 
081052Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM CLR 06/M01 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP150 T00611011 $
KCKP 
40nm W 
081115Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 08/M01 A2991 RMK AO2
KCIN 
43nm S 
081115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/01 A2993 RMK AO2
TAF
KFOD 
25nm SE 
080533Z 0806/0906 09007KT P6SM BKN250 FM081000 12009KT P6SM BKN250 FM081400 14010G16KT P6SM BKN200 FM081800 18012G18KT P6SM SCT200 FM090000 22010KT P6SM SCT040 BKN150
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