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M72 New Albany-Union County Airport
New Albany, Mississippi, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: M72
Lat/Long: 34-32-55.2700N / 089-01-27.2200W
34-32.921167N / 089-01.453667W
34.5486861 / -89.0242278
(estimated)
Elevation: 413 ft. / 125.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01W (2005)
From city: 3 miles N of NEW ALBANY, MS
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 38652

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1963
Sectional chart: MEMPHIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: GREENWOOD FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: GWO (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI DAYLIGHT HOURS, ALL SAT 0800-1200
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 18/36 OPR DUSK-2200. AFTER 2200 CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
  • APCH/DEP SVC PVDD BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 135.9/273.55 (TUPELO RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
OTBr326/22.5TUPELO VOR/DME109.8004E
HLIr117/26.8HOLLY SPRINGS VORTAC112.4003E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
HARDEMAN178/39.940401EBAV -... .- ...-

Airport Services

Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 3900 x 75 ft. / 1189 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
SURFACE IS ROUGH AND UNEVEN
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 20.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Obstructions: 62 ft. trees, 2000 ft. from runway, 29:1 slope to clear66 ft. trees, 1475 ft. from runway, 19:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: NEW ALBANY CITY & UNION COUNTY
P.O. BOX 56
NEW ALBANY, MS 38652
Phone 662-534-1010
Manager: CHARLES WRIGHT
1476 COUNTY ROAD 101
NEW ALBANY, MS 38652
Phone 662-534-1050

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 19
Single engine airplanes: 13
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Helicopters: 2
Gliders airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 46/day *
51% transient general aviation
26% military
20% local general aviation
2% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 15 August 2007

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
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18   download (196KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36   download (213KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (37KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

25M - Ripley Airport (10 nm N)
8M1 - Booneville/Baldwyn Airport (19 nm E)
KTUP - Tupelo Regional Airport (21 nm SE)
KUOX - University-Oxford Airport (27 nm W)
M41 - Holly Springs-Marshall County Airport (29 nm NW)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of M72 (New Albany-Union County Airport)
Photo by Denny Young CFI
Photo taken 07-Oct-2007
looking north

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Sectional chart
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From to M72

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:3510:35
Sunrise06:0311:03
Sunset20:0201:02
Evening civil twilight20:3001:30

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  26-Jul-2008 02:18:30
Local (UTC-5)  25-Jul-2008 21:18:30
 
METAR
KTUP 
21nm SE 
260153Z 00000KT 10SM -RA BKN070 BKN120 27/22 A3001 RMK AO2 RAB34 SLP156 P0000 T02720217
KUOX 
27nm W 
260155Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND E
TAF
KTUP 
21nm SE 
252330Z 260024 19005KT P6SM VCTS SCT050CB FM0200 22003KT P6SM FEW050 SCT250 FM0600 22003KT P6SM VCTS SCT040CB BKN100 FM1600 28007KT P6SM SCT050
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