FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | ORT |
| Lat/Long: | 62-57-40.8010N / 141-55-44.8930W
62-57.680017N / 141-55.748217W
62.9613336 / -141.9291369
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 1716 ft. / 523.0 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 24E (2005) |
| Time zone: | UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 99764 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 07/1947 |
| Sectional chart: | ANCHORAGE |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | NORTHWAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (on field) [907-778-2219] |
| Alternate FSS: | FAI FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-248-6516] |
| NOTAMs facility: | ORT (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | CONTINUOUS |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes
SEGMENTED CIRCLE OVERGROWN AND DAMAGED. |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 05/23 & VASI RY 05 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
| International operations: | customs landing rights airport |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 123.6 |
| WX ASOS: | 135.4 (907-778-2282) |
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQS 126.55/323.0 (NORTHWAY RCAG).
- CONTRACT WX OBS IS AVBL WHEN ORT FSS CLOSED ON 133.55 OR PHONE 907-778-2240.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| ORT at field | | NORTHWAY VORTAC | | 116.30 | | 24E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| NABESNA | | 233/1.1 | | 390 | | 24E | | AES | .- . ... |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A
FUEL AVBL MON-SUN 0700 & 0000 HRS DAILY. AFT HRS 907-778-2266/2277. |
| Parking: | hangars |
| Airframe service: | MINOR |
| Powerplant service: | MINOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
| Dimensions: | 5100 x 100 ft. / 1554 x 30 m |
| Surface: | gravel/dirt, in good condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 62-57.569833N | | 62-57.771000N |
| Longitude: | 141-56.576667W | | 141-54.792667W |
| Elevation: | 1713.0 ft. | | 1713.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.5% | | 0.5% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 052 magnetic, 076 true | | 232 magnetic, 256 true |
| Markings: | none, in good condition | | , in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 36 ft. trees, 900 ft. from runway, 25:1 slope to clear | | none |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | STATE OF ALASKA DOTPF/N. RGN
2301 PEGER RD.
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-2200 |
| Manager: | JIM FEHRENBACHER
BOX 356
TOK, AK 99780
Phone 907-883-5128 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 8 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 7 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 1 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 43/day * | | 51% | transient general aviation | | 25% | air taxi | | 22% | local general aviation | | 2% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2005 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | SNOW REMOVAL OPERATIONS DURING WINTER--MONITOR CTAF. |
| - | NORTHWAY POINT ARPT WX CAMERA AND KNOB RIDGE WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AKWEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV |
| - | SEGMENTED CIRCLE OVERGROWN AND DAMAGED. |
| - | PAVEMENT HEAVED & BUCKLED ON PAVED SAFETY AREAS FOR RY 05 & 23. |
| - | FLOATPLANE CUSTOMS SVC AVBL AT YARGER LAKE - 8NM EAST. |
| - | FREQUENT STRONG & VARIABLE CROSSWIND; LLWS & TURBC RY 23. |
| - | CUSTOMS MAY NOT BE AVBL AT THE ARPT ON ARRIVAL; PHONE 774-2252 FOR AGENT. |
| - | SKI STRIP ON W SIDE RY ADJACENT TO APCH END RY 23. |
| - | SUAIS - 125.3(1-800-758-8723). |
| - | 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 3 July 2008 at 0901Z and 31 July 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 05 | |
download (240KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 23 | |
download (205KB) |
| VOR/DME-A | |
download (227KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply | |
download (38KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PFTO - Tok Junction Airport (35 nm NW)
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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 24-Jul-2008
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| Morning civil twilight | | 02:54 | | 10:54 |
| Sunrise | | 04:27 | | 12:27 |
| Sunset | | 22:41 | | 06:41 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 00:14 | | 08:14 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 25-Jul-2008 06:22:42 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 24-Jul-2008 22:22:42 |
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| METAR |
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| PAOR | 250553Z 00000KT 10SM -RA BKN040 OVC045 09/08 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP098 P0000 60021 T00890078 10156 20089 55002
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| TAF |
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| PAOR | 250520Z 250606 VRB03KT P6SM -RA FEW025 OVC050
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| NOTAMs |
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