FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013
Location
| FAA Identifier: | PPG |
| Lat/Long: | 14-19-53.9760S / 170-42-41.4110W 14-19.899600S / 170-42.690183W -14.3316600 / -170.7115031 (estimated) |
| Elevation: | 32 ft. / 9.8 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 12E (1990) |
| From city: | 3 miles SW of PAGO PAGO, AS |
| Time zone: | UTC -11 (year round; does not observe DST) |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 01/1956 |
| Sectional chart: | GNC 20 |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | HONOLULU CONTROL FACILITY CENTER |
| FSS: | HONOLULU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | PPG (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | CONTINUOUS |
| Wind indicator: | lighted, LGTD WIND CONE 800' FROM THR & 240' SE RWY 05 CNTRLN. |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN. ACTVT HIRL RY 05/23; MALSR RY 05; VASI RY 05, PAPI RY 23; HIRL RY 08/26 & TWY LGTS FREQ - 118.3. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
| Landing fee: | yes |
| Fire and rescue: | ARFF index C |
| International operations: | customs landing rights airport |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 122.9 |
| WX AWOS-3PT: | 127.925 (684-699-0179) |
- FOR IFR CLEARANCES CONTACT FALEOLO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL UNIT PHONE (685) 42050 OR FREQ 126.9.
- CHRISTCHURCH NZ NOF IS ISSUING AGENCY FOR PAGO PAGO INTL NOTAMS CTC NR 64 33581688.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
| TUT at field | | PAGO PAGO VORTAC | | 112.50 | | 12E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100 JET-A1+ |
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | MINOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
| Dimensions: | 10000 x 150 ft. / 3048 x 46 m |
| Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 75.0 | | Double wheel: | 170.0 | | Double tandem: | 250.0 | | Dual double tandem: | 600.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 14-20.430283S | | 14-19.607833S |
| Longitude: | 170-43.514050W | | 170-42.043550W |
| Elevation: | 31.9 ft. | | 9.3 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.2% | | 0.2% |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
| Runway heading: | 048 magnetic, 060 true | | 228 magnetic, 240 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 1000 ft. | | 800 ft. |
| Declared distances: | TORA:9200 TODA:10200 ASDA:9200 LDA:8200 | | TORA:10000 TODA:10000 ASDA:10000 LDA:9200 |
| Markings: | precision, in good condition | | precision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on left (3.25 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI 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/DME | | |
| Obstructions: | 446 ft. hill, lighted, 12200 ft. from runway, 1000 ft. left of centerline, 27:1 slope to clear | | 8 ft. fence, lighted, 300 ft. from runway, 12:1 slope to clear RY 23 50:1 TO DSPLCD THLD. |
Runway 8/26
| Dimensions: | 3800 x 100 ft. / 1158 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 75.0 | | Double wheel: | 150.0 | | Double tandem: | 230.0 | | Dual double tandem: | 550.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
| Latitude: | 14-19.585467S | | 14-19.585067S |
| Longitude: | 170-42.779083W | | 170-42.134900W |
| Elevation: | 8.3 ft. | | 5.3 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.5% | | 0.5% |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
| Runway heading: | 078 magnetic, 090 true | | 258 magnetic, 270 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | GOVT OF AMERICAN SAMOA DEPT OF PORT ADMIN, BOX 1539 PAGO PAGO, AS 96799 Phone 684-633-4251 PAGO PAGO IS OWNED BY THE AMERICAN SAMOA GOVT AND IS OPERATED BY THE PORT ADMINISTRATION, MATAGI R. M. MCMOORE, PORT DIRECTOR, PHONE 684-733-1119 AND PETER LEFITI, DEPUTY PORT ADMINISTRATOR, CELL PHONE 684-733-3051. |
| Manager: | MATAGI R.M. MCMOORE DEPT OF PORT ADMIN, BOX 1539 PAGO PAGO, AS 96799 Phone 684-733-4510 PHONE NUMBER 685-42530 IS A DIRECT LINE THAT RINGS IN THE TOWER INSTEAD OF THE AIRPORT SWITCHBOARD. |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 4 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 3 | | Helicopters: | | 1 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 38/day * | | 93% | air taxi | | 4% | commercial | | 2% | military | | 1% | transient general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 12 June 2007 | |
Additional Remarks
| A57-08 | APCH RATIO FOR OLOTELE MTN 11:1. |
| - | PERMLY LGTD & MKD 226' TWR ATOP MT ALAVA 4.3SM NNE ARPT. |
| - | PERM CABLE ACROSS MID PAGO PAGO HARBOR 4SM NNE ARPT, RISES ABRUPTLY TO 1609' MT ALAVA N SIDE OF HARBOR, EXTRMLY HAZUS TO ACFT. |
| - | ALL FLTS (EXCP SKED) PRIOR PMSN FROM AMGR WITH 24 HRS PRIOR NOTICE. |
| - | SEA SPRAY FM SURF & BLOW HOLES MAY DRIFT ACRS RWY 05/23 UNDER ROUGH SEA CONDS. |
| - | ALL ACFT TRANSITING PAGO PAGO (EXCP COMMERCIAL CARRIERS) MUST MAKE FUEL ARRANGEMENTS WITH PPG AT 684-733-3158. |
| - | ALL ACFT EXCDG 100000 GWT UPON TD TAXI TO THR TURN- ARND BFR TXG TO APRON. ACFT UNDER 100000 MAKE TURN-ARND WHERE FEASIBLE. |
| - | OLOTELE MT 1617 FT MSL 3.5 MILES WEST OF THLD RY 08. |
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 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.
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Times for 18-May-2013
| | Local (UTC-11) | | Zulu (UTC) |
| Morning civil twilight | | 06:15 | | 17:15 |
| Sunrise | | 06:38 | | 17:38 |
| Sunset | | 18:01 | | 05:01 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:24 | | 05:24 |
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| Current date and time |
| Zulu (UTC) | 19-May-2013 07:44:19 |
| Local (UTC-11) | 18-May-2013 20:44:19 |
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| NOTAMs |
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