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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 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 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 25-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5212:52
Sunrise07:2413:24
Sunset16:4822:48
Evening civil twilight17:1923:19

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  25-Nov-2009 17:15:41
Local (UTC-6)  25-Nov-2009 11:15:41
 
METAR
KFOD 
25nm SE 
251655Z 30012G20KT 10SM BKN022 OVC027 03/M01 A2989 RMK AO1
KAXA 
26nm NE 
251655Z AUTO 31020G24KT 10SM OVC014 03/00 A2985 RMK AO2
KSLB 
27nm W 
251655Z AUTO 31021G31KT 10SM UP BKN020 BKN026 OVC035 03/00 A2992 RMK AO2
KSPW 
36nm NW 
251653Z AUTO 30020G25KT 4SM -SN BR SCT014 OVC020 01/00 A2992 RMK AO2 PK WND 31027/1623 SLP143 P0001 T00110000 $
KCAV 
39nm E 
251655Z AUTO 29014G22KT 10SM OVC019 04/02 A2985 RMK AO2
KEBS 
40nm SE 
251655Z AUTO 29012G20KT 10SM SCT023 BKN030 OVC035 03/00 A2987 RMK AO2
KEST 
40nm N 
251652Z AUTO 32020G25KT 2 1/2SM -SN BR OVC013 01/M01 A2989 RMK AO2 PK WND 32027/1615 SNB1555 SLP132 P0000 T00111011
KCKP 
40nm W 
251655Z AUTO 30014G21KT 5SM UP SCT010 BKN024 OVC028 03/01 A2997 RMK AO2
KCIN 
43nm S 
251655Z AUTO 30020G32KT 10SM BKN032 OVC040 03/01 A2994 RMK AO2
TAF
KFOD 
25nm SE 
251124Z 2512/2612 28010G18KT P6SM OVC060 FM251500 31012G20KT P6SM OVC040 FM251800 31014G22KT 6SM -SHRASN OVC025 TEMPO 2519/2523 3SM -SHSN BR OVC015 FM252300 33012G20KT 6SM -SHSN BR OVC025 FM260600 33012G18KT P6SM BKN035
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