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KMQW Telfair-Wheeler Airport
Mc Rae, Georgia, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: MQW
Lat/Long: 32-05-44.8000N / 082-52-48.1000W
32-05.746667N / 082-52.801667W
32.0957778 / -82.8800278
(estimated)
Elevation: 202 ft. / 61.6 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03W (1985)
From city: 3 miles NE of MC RAE, GA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 31037

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1968
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: JACKSONVILLE CENTER
FSS: MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: MCN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNND
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 03/21 OPER DUSK-2200; AFT 2200 ACTVT - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at EZM (15 nm NW): 119.425 (478-374-9979)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY JACKSONVILLE ARTCC ON FREQS 132.3/290.4 (ALMA RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
DBNr190/28.2DUBLIN VORTAC113.1005W
VNAr102/32.1VIENNA VORTAC116.5001E
AMGr331/38.5ALMA VORTAC115.1000E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MC RAEat field28003WMQW -- --.- .--
EASTMAN103/14.136604WEZM . --.. --
HAZLEHURST321/17.541403WAZE .- --.. .
ONYUN259/30.537204WUQN ..- --.- -.
BAXLEY317/34.037604WBHC -... .... -.-.
FITZGERALD039/35.736203WSUR ... ..- .-.
PRISON277/37.142403WRVJ .-. ...- .---

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 3/21

Dimensions: 4030 x 75 ft. / 1228 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: RY MARKINGS DISCOLORED, FADED.
RUNWAY 3  RUNWAY 21
Latitude: 32-05.439583N32-06.052408N
Longitude: 082-52.952297W082-52.649898W
Elevation: 202.0 ft.184.7 ft.
Gradient: 0.4%0.4%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 026 magnetic, 023 true206 magnetic, 203 true
Markings: nonprecision, in poor conditionnonprecision, in poor condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 37 ft. trees, 1014 ft. from runway, 300 ft. left of centerline, 22:1 slope to clear
TREES 125 FT LEFT & RIGHT FM THRESHOLD OUT 200 FT.
10 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 120 ft. both sides of centerline
10 FT TREES & BRUSH 78 FT OUT FM RY END; 30 FT TREES AT THLD 115 FT RIGHT AND 122 FT LEFT.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: AIRPORT AUTHORITY
163 RAILROAD STREET
MC RAE, GA 30411
Phone 912-568-7171
MC RAE, TELFAIR-WHEELER AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
Manager: JIMMY RAY
P.O. BOX 563
MCRAE, GA 31055
Phone 229-868-2983

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 19
Single engine airplanes: 19
    
Aircraft operations: avg 77/week *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 26 June 2008

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
RNAV (GPS) RWY 03   download (233KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21   download (197KB)
NDB RWY 21   download (201KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (99KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KEZM - Heart of Georgia Regional Airport (15 nm NW)
KAZE - Hazlehurst Airport (17 nm SE)
KVDI - Vidalia Regional Airport (26 nm E)
48A - Cochran Airport (27 nm NW)
KDBN - W H 'Bud' Barron Airport (29 nm N)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KMQW (Telfair-Wheeler Airport)
Photo by F. Allen Kyzer
Photo taken 21-Oct-2009
from a C-182.

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From to KMQW

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 10-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3111:31
Sunrise06:5711:57
Sunset17:3422:34
Evening civil twilight18:0023:00

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Nov-2009 15:57:53
Local (UTC-5)  10-Nov-2009 10:57:53
 
METAR
KVDI 
27nm E 
101540Z AUTO 10009KT 10SM BKN043 BKN050 OVC100 22/19 A3004 RMK AO2 T02220190 PNO
KDBN 
29nm N 
101536Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM OVC008 19/19 A3005 RMK AO1
KDQH 
37nm S 
101541Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM SCT027 SCT032 OVC080 24/20 A2999 RMK AO1
KAMG 
39nm SE 
101553Z AUTO 11010G18KT 10SM SCT025 BKN070 OVC090 24/19 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02390194
KWRB 
47nm NW 
101555Z 06008KT 10SM -DZ SCT007 BKN022 OVC045 18/18 A3003 RMK AO2A RAE1547DZB1547 CIG 017 RWY33 PRESRR SLP167 P0016 T01840184 $
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