FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 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 |
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| ULLr268/33.8 | | KUKULIAK VOR/DME | | 117.30 | | 10E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| GAMBELL | | at field | | 369 | | 12E | | 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: | |
| 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% | | 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 | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | 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 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| GPS RWY 16 | |
download (149KB) |
| GPS RWY 34 | |
download (152KB) |
| NDB/DME RWY 34 | |
download (188KB) |
| NDB RWY 16 | |
download (194KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (18KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PASA - Savoonga Airport (33 nm E)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 17-May-2013
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| Morning civil twilight | | 02:24 | | 12:24 |
| Sunrise | | 04:10 | | 14:10 |
| Sunset | | 22:37 | | 08:37 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 00:23 | | 10:23 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 18-May-2013 06:27:18 |
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| Local (UTC-10) | 17-May-2013 20:27:18 |
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| METAR |
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| PAGM | 180556Z AUTO 22009KT 9SM FEW020 SCT025 BKN034 M04/M07 A2989 RMK AO1 P0009 60012 11030 21040 54000
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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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