AirNav: PAGM - Gambell Airport

PAGM

Gambell Airport
Gambell, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 2013

Location

FAA Identifier:	GAM
Lat/Long:	63-45-59.8000N / 171-43-58.0000W 63-45.996667N / 171-43.966667W 63.7666111 / -171.7327778 (estimated)
Elevation:	29 ft. / 8.8 m (surveyed)
Variation:	12E (1980)
Time zone:	UTC -10 (year round; does not observe DST)
Zip code:	99742

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	03/1950
Sectional chart:	BETHEL
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS:	NOME FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [ 443-2291 (local call from the AIRPORT)]
Alternate FSS:	FAI FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-248-6516]
NOTAMs facility:	GAM (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	lighted
Segmented circle:	yes
Lights:	ACTVT MIRL RY 16/34; REIL AND VASI RYS 16 & 34 AND ODALS RY 34 - CTAF.
Beacon:	white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
International operations:	customs landing rights airport

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.7
WX AWOS-3:	125.9

APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQS 132.2/281.4 (GAMBELL RCAG).COMMUNICATIONS PRVDD BY NOME FSS ON FREQ 122.0 (GAMBELL RCO).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
ULLr268/33.8		KUKULIAK VOR/DME		117.30		10E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
GAMBELL		at field		369		08E		GAM	--. .- --

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions:

4499 x 96 ft. / 1371 x 29 m

Surface:

asphalt/concrete, in fair condition
UNSEALED CRACKS 1-2 INCHES WIDE SPANNING WIDTH OF RY EVERY 50-200 FEET.

Weight bearing capacity:

Single wheel:

22.0

Runway edge lights:

medium intensity

RUNWAY 16

RUNWAY 34

Latitude:

63-46.362385N

63-45.631298N

Longitude:

171-44.082158W

171-43.851908W

Elevation:

29.2 ft.

28.4 ft.

Gradient:

0.7%

Traffic pattern:

right

left

Runway heading:

160 magnetic, 172 true

340 magnetic, 352 true

Markings:

nonprecision, in fair condition

Visual slope indicator:

4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)

4-box VASI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)

Approach lights:

ODALS: omnidirectional approach lighting system

Runway end identifier lights:

yes

Touchdown point:

yes, no lights

Obstructions:

98 ft. ant, lighted, 3400 ft. from runway, 250 ft. left of centerline, 32:1 slope to clear

none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	STATE OF AK DOT&PF N REG 2301 PEGER RD FAIRBANKS, AK 99709 Phone 907-451-2200
Manager:	ROBERT MADDEN BOX 1048 NOME, AK 99762 Phone 907-443-2500

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 31/week *
84%	commercial
12%	air taxi
3%	transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2010

Additional Remarks

-	98 FT TWR (LGTD) 3400 FT FM APCH END RY 16.
-	RY 16/34 SAFETY AREAS SOFT & LOOSE GRAVEL.
-	RY CONDITION NOT MONITORED; RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LANDING.

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 19 September 2013 at 0901Z and 17 October 2013 at 0900Z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 16 CHANGED		download (150KB)
GPS RWY 34 CHANGED		download (151KB)
NDB/DME RWY 34 CHANGED		download (190KB)
NDB RWY 16 CHANGED		download (195KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply		download (18KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (148KB)

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PASA - Savoonga Airport (33 nm E)

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Sectional chart

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 16-Oct-2013

	Local (UTC-10)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	07:33	17:33
Sunrise	08:21	18:21
Sunset	18:04	04:04
Evening civil twilight	18:52	04:52

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	16-Oct-2013 10:54:43
Local (UTC-10)	16-Oct-2013 00:54:43

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