FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 DECEMBER 2020
Location
FAA Identifier: | AFE |
Lat/Long: | 56-57-40.9050N 133-54-36.9400W 56-57.681750N 133-54.615667W 56.9613625,-133.9102611 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 171.5 ft. / 52 m (estimated) |
Variation: | 21E (2010) |
From city: | 1 mile SE of KAKE, AK |
Time zone: | UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 99830 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 11/1986 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
FSS: | SITKA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-966-2221] |
Alternate FSS: | JNU JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-297-2236] |
NOTAMs facility: | AFE (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | UNATNDD |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29; PAPI RY 11 AND REIL RY 11 - CTAF. |
Airport Communications
CTAF: | 122.9 |
WX AWOS-3P: | 135.25 (907-785-3124) |
- COMMUNICATIONS PRVDD BY SITKA RADIO ON FREQ 121.3 (KUIU RCO).
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQ 132.18 (GUNNUK MOUNTAIN)/PRIMARY OR 118.0 (LEVEL ISLAND RCAG)/SECONDARY.
Nearby radio navigation aids
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
KAKE | | at field | | 223 | | 21E | | AFE | .- ..-. . |
Airport Services
Runway Information
Runway 11/29
Dimensions: | 4000 x 100 ft. / 1219 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in poor condition RY 29 PATCHES HAVE DETERIORATED; RESULTING IN LOOSE ROCKS THAT CAN DAMAGE PROPELLERS, ETC. |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 11 | | RUNWAY 29 |
Latitude: | 56-57.892333N | | 56-57.471167N |
Longitude: | 133-55.077000W | | 133-54.154333W |
Elevation: | 150.0 ft. | | 171.5 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Runway heading: | 109 magnetic, 130 true | | 289 magnetic, 310 true |
Displaced threshold: | no | | 1000 ft. |
Markings: | basic | | basic |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 5 ft. brush, 200 ft. from runway, 230 ft. right of centerline BRUSH, 2 FT HIGH 100-160 FT FM RWY THLD, 230 FT R OF CNTRL. | | 23 ft. hill, 210 ft. right of centerline |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | ALASKA DOT&PF SOUTHCOAST REGION PO BOX 112506 JUNEAU, AK 99811-2506 Phone (907) 465-4512 |
Manager: | SCOTT GRAY PO BOX 112506 JUNEAU, AK 99811-2506 Phone (907) 465-4512 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft operations: avg 88/week * | 100% | air taxi | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2017 | |
Additional Remarks
- | ARPT CONDITION NOT MONITORED, ARPT MAINT ON IREG BASIS, RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO USING. |
- | UNLIT 191 FT TWR LCTD APRXLY 6300 FT N OF RWY 11 THLD. |
- | RCMD DALGT OPNS ONLY. HI TRRN N & E & S OF ARPT. |
- | BIRDS, BEAR AND DEER ON AND INVOF RY. |
- | PARACHUTE JUMPING ONTO ARPT RY; TWY & ACFT APRON PROHIBITED. |
- | SHALLOW DEPRESSIONS 4 IN DEEP 40 FT IN DIAM, 375 FT FM RY 29 N SIDE. SMALLER SHALLOW DEPRESSIONS FULL LENGTH & WIDTH OF RY. STANDING WATER AFT RAIN. |
- | ARPT CLOSED TO ACFT OVER 12,500 LBS GWT, EXCEPT PPR FROM ARPT SAFETY AND SECURITY, DOT AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, P.O. BOX 112506, JUNEAU, AK 99811-2506, PHONE 907-465-1786. |
- | WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AVCAMS.FAA.GOV |
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 from 31 December 2020 at 0901Z to 28 January 2021 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 11 | |
download (311KB) |
NDB/DME RWY 11 | |
download (293KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (18KB) |
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KAKE THREE (OBSTACLE) | |
download (258KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (148KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (33 nm E)
PASI - Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (48 nm W)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (58 nm SE)
PAJN - Juneau International Airport (86 nm N)
PAKW - Klawock Airport (87 nm S)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by P A Kaiser
Taken in September 2007
Bears crossing
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 15-Jan-2021
| | Local (UTC-9) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 07:37 | | 16:37 |
Sunrise | | 08:23 | | 17:23 |
Sunset | | 15:47 | | 00:47 |
Evening civil twilight | | 16:33 | | 01:33 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 16-Jan-2021 03:30:12 |
Local (UTC-9) | 15-Jan-2021 18:30:12 |
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METAR |
PAFE | 160321Z AUTO 12010KT 10SM -RA SCT013 BKN017 OVC034 05/03 A3005 RMK AO2 RAB10 P0000 $
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TAF |
PAPG 32nm E | 151722Z 1518/1618 14008KT 6SM -SHRA SCT015 OVC025 WS020/21035KT TEMPO 1518/1522 16010G18KT 4SM -SHRA BKN015 OVC025 FM160300 14005KT 6SM -SHRA SCT015 OVC025 FM161500 11010KT 5SM -RA BKN015 OVC025 WS020/14035KT AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND 1606/1615
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NOTAMs |
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