FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 DECEMBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | SPA |
| Lat/Long: | 34-54-56.6000N / 081-57-23.4000W
34-54.943333N / 081-57.390000W
34.9157222 / -81.9565000
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 801 ft. / 244.1 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 05W (1995) |
| From city: | 3 miles SW of SPARTANBURG, SC |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 29376 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 11/1937 |
| Sectional chart: | ATLANTA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ATLANTA CENTER |
| FSS: | ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | SPA (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-FRI 0700-2000, ALL SAT-SUN 0800-2000 |
| Pattern altitude: | TPA 800 FT AGL FOR PISTON ACT AND 1300 FT AGL FOR TURBO PROP ACFT WITH SMALL JETS. |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | RDO-CTL
ACTVT ROTATING BCN - CTAF.
ACTVT HIRL RY 05/23 & MALSR RY 05 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.0 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 133.925 (843-587-2529) |
| GROUND: | 121.6 |
| TOWER: | 118.3 257.8 |
| GREER APPROACH: | 119.4 |
| GREER DEPARTURE: | 119.4 |
| CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 120.55 121.6 |
| WX ASOS at GSP (13 nm W): | PHONE 864-879-0614 |
| WX ASOS at GMU (20 nm W): | 127.075 (864-239-0014) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ATLANTA ARTCC ON FREQS 135.35/322.4 (OWING RCAG) WHEN GREER APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| SPAr194/7.2 | | SPARTANBURG VORTAC | | 115.70 | | 02W |
| SUGr155/33.2 | | SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN VORTAC | | 112.20 | | 02W |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A
FOR FUEL AFT HRS CALL 864-574-8552. |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
| Dimensions: | 5202 x 100 ft. / 1586 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 30.0 | | Double wheel: | 45.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 34-54.623300N | | 34-55.264667N |
| Longitude: | 081-57.735100W | | 081-57.044150W |
| Elevation: | 792.8 ft. | | 789.2 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.3% | | 0.3% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 047 magnetic, 042 true | | 227 magnetic, 222 true |
| Markings: | precision, in good condition | | precision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights | | |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | ILS | | |
| Obstructions: | 122 ft. tree, 4024 ft. from runway, 1241 ft. left of centerline, 31:1 slope to clear | | 41 ft. tree, 265 ft. from runway, 170 ft. left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF SPARTANBURG
PO DRAWER 1749
SPARTANBURG, SC 29304
Phone 864-596-2000 |
| Manager: | DARWIN SIMPSON
500 AMMONS RD
SPARTANBURG, SC 29306
Phone 864-595-2700 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 97 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 56 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 23 | | Jet airplanes: | | 4 | | Helicopters: | | 3 | | Gliders airplanes: | | 9 | | Ultralights: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 145/day * | | 44% | transient general aviation | | 35% | local general aviation | | 21% | air taxi | | <1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 23 September 2009 | |
Additional Remarks
| E67 | NAVD88 |
| - | RY 05 50 FT DROP 97 FT FROM THR. |
| - | RY 23 15 FT DROP 168 FT FROM THR. |
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 14 January 2010 at 0901Z and 11 February 2010 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 05 | |
download |
| NDB OR GPS-A | |
download (173KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (77KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KGSP - Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (13 nm W)
KGMU - Greenville Downtown Airport (20 nm W)
35A - Union County Airport, Troy Shelton Field (21 nm SE)
KGYH - Donaldson Center Airport (23 nm SW)
KLUX - Laurens County Airport (25 nm S)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 21-Jun-2007
from 13,000 feet MSL
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 09-Feb-2010
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:55 | | 11:55 |
| Sunrise | | 07:21 | | 12:21 |
| Sunset | | 18:03 | | 23:03 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:30 | | 23:30 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 09-Feb-2010 23:27:29 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 09-Feb-2010 18:27:29 |
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| METAR |
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KSPA
7nm N | 092315Z AUTO 11003KT 3SM BR OVC005 05/05 A2972 RMK AO2
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KGSP
13nm W | 092258Z 07004KT 1SM -RA BR BKN017 OVC024 05/04 A2972 RMK AO2 P0000
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KGMU
20nm W | 092312Z 00000KT 3SM -RA BR BKN006 OVC009 06/04 A2974 RMK AO2 CIG 003V008 P0001
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KGSP
13nm W | 091752Z 0918/1018 10010KT P6SM VCSH OVC012 TEMPO 0918/0921 3SM -SHRA BR BKN009 FM092100 23006KT 3SM -RA BR OVC008 FM100100 26010KT 6SM BR VCSH OVC012 FM100400 28012G20KT P6SM SCT030 FM101500 30020G30KT P6SM SCT050
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KGMU
20nm W | 091752Z 0918/1018 10010KT P6SM VCSH OVC012 TEMPO 0918/0921 3SM -SHRA BR BKN009 FM092100 23006KT 3SM -RA BR OVC008 FM100100 26010KT 6SM BR VCSH OVC012 FM100400 28012G20KT P6SM SCT030 FM101500 30020G30KT P6SM SCT050
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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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