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
- 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 |
| OTBr326/22.5 | | TUPELO VOR/DME | | 109.80 | | 04E |
| HLIr117/26.8 | | HOLLY SPRINGS VORTAC | | 112.40 | | 03E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
| HARDEMAN | | 178/39.9 | | 404 | | 01E | | BAV | -... .- ...- |
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: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Gradient: | 0.2% | | 0.2% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Markings: | basic, in good condition | | basic, in good condition |
| Obstructions: | 62 ft. trees, 2000 ft. from runway, 29:1 slope to clear | | 66 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 |
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| 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 |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Denny Young CFI
Photo taken 07-Oct-2007
looking north
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 25-Jul-2008
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
| Morning civil twilight | | 05:35 | | 10:35 |
| Sunrise | | 06:03 | | 11:03 |
| Sunset | | 20:02 | | 01:02 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:30 | | 01:30 |
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| Current date and time |
| Zulu (UTC) | 26-Jul-2008 02:18:30 |
| Local (UTC-5) | 25-Jul-2008 21:18:30 |
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| METAR |
KTUP 21nm SE | 260153Z 00000KT 10SM -RA BKN070 BKN120 27/22 A3001 RMK AO2 RAB34 SLP156 P0000 T02720217
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KUOX 27nm W | 260155Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND E
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| 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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| NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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