FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | GAM |
| Lat/Long: | 63-46-00.3560N / 171-43-58.1650W
63-46.005933N / 171-43.969417W
63.7667656 / -171.7328236
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 27 ft. / 8.2 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: | DUSK-DAWN
FOR ODALS RY 34 KEY - 122.7 - 3 TIMES LOW 4 TIMES MED 5 TIMES HIGH; FOR VASI RYS 16 & 34 KEY - 122.7 - 3 TIMES; ACTVT MIRLS RY 16/34 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
| 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 |
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| ULLr265/33.8 | | KUKULIAK VOR/DME | | 117.30 | | 13E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| GAMBELL | | at field | | 2 | | 12E | | GAM | --. .- -- |
Airport Services
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 16/34
| Dimensions: | 4500 x 96 ft. / 1372 x 29 m |
| Surface: | asphalt/concrete, in poor condition
UNSEALED CRACKS 1-2 INCHES WIDE SPANNING WIDTH OF RY EVERY 50-200 FEET. |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 16 | | RUNWAY 34 |
| Latitude: | 63-46.362500N | | 63-45.631200N |
| Longitude: | 171-44.082883W | | 171-43.852183W |
| Elevation: | 27.0 ft. | | 26.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.7% | | 0.7% |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
| Runway heading: | 160 magnetic, 172 true | | 340 magnetic, 352 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | 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 | | |
| 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: | ST OF AK DOTPF/N REGION
2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-443-3444 |
| Manager: | JERRY OLIVER
BOX 1048
NOME, AK 99762
Phone 907-443-2500 |
Additional Remarks
| - | 98' TWR (LGTD) 3400' FROM APCH END RWY 16. |
| - | SAFETY AREAS RY 16/34 SOFT,LOOSE GRAVEL AND LITTERED WITH SCRAP IRON. |
| - | 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 8 May 2008 at 0901Z and 5 June 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| GPS RWY 16 | |
download (173KB) |
| GPS RWY 34 | |
download (173KB) |
| NDB/DME RWY 34 | |
download (221KB) |
| NDB RWY 16 | |
download (234KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (18KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply | |
download (38KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PASA - Savoonga Airport (33 nm E)
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| Aerial photo |
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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 13-May-2008
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| Morning civil twilight | | 02:45 | | 12:45 |
| Sunrise | | 04:19 | | 14:19 |
| Sunset | | 22:27 | | 08:27 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 00:01 | | 10:01 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 13-May-2008 16:23:49 |
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| Local (UTC-10) | 13-May-2008 06:23:49 |
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| METAR |
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| PAGM | 131556Z AUTO 04032G39KT 5SM BKN010 M02/M03 A2926 RMK AO1
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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