FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013
Location
| FAA Identifier: | ORT |
| Lat/Long: | 62-57-40.2243N / 141-55-41.0807W
62-57.670405N / 141-55.684678W
62.9611734 / -141.9280780
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 1715 ft. / 522.7 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: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RY 05/23; PAPI RYS 05 & 23 AND REIL RY 23 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
| 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 | | 232/1.1 | | 390 | | 24E | | AES | .- . ... |
Airport Services
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
| Dimensions: | 5100 x 100 ft. / 1554 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 62-57.569850N | | 62-57.770962N |
| Longitude: | 141-56.576745W | | 141-54.792612W |
| Elevation: | 1714.5 ft. | | 1713.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.5% | | 0.5% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 052 magnetic, 076 true | | 232 magnetic, 256 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 61 ft. trees, 2029 ft. from runway, 30:1 slope to clear | | 54 ft. trees, 1153 ft. from runway, 255 ft. left of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | STATE OF AK DOTPF N REG
2301 PEGER RD.
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-2200 |
| Manager: | DENNIS BISHOP
BOX 356
TOK, AK 99780
Phone 907-883-5128 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: avg 43/day * | | 51% | transient general aviation | | 25% | air taxi | | 22% | local general aviation | | 2% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 01 January 2006 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | SNOW REMOVAL OPERATIONS DURING WINTER--MONITOR CTAF. |
| - | NORTHWAY ARPT WX CAMERA AND KNOB RIDGE WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AKWEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV |
| - | FSS ON AIRPORT MAY-SEPT. |
| - | PILOTS OF ACFT ARRIVING ORT/PAOR OR YARGER LAKE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES MUST RECEIVE PERMISSION TO LAND FROM U.S. CUSTOMS BY PHONE 907-774-2242/2252 AT LEAST TWO HOURS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. PERMISSION IS NOT NORMALLY GRANTED OUTSIDE 0800-1600 LCL TIME DLY. |
| - | IN ADDITION AN EAPIS MANIFEST IS ALSO REQUIRED TO BE FILED ELECTRONICALLY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. |
| - | FLOATPLANE CUSTOMS SVC AVBL AT YARGER LAKE - 8NM EAST. |
| - | FREQUENT STRONG & VARIABLE CROSSWINDS. |
| - | SKI STRIP PARALLEL AND ADJACENT TO APCH END RY 23 NW SIDE. |
| - | 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 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 05 | |
download (283KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 23 | |
download (239KB) |
| VOR/DME-A | |
download (206KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PFTO - Tok Junction Airport (36 nm NW)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Rick Henry
Photo taken 28-May-2012
looking west.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Northway Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your 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 | | 02:49 | | 10:49 |
| Sunrise | | 04:19 | | 12:19 |
| Sunset | | 22:29 | | 06:29 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 23:59 | | 07:59 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 18-May-2013 06:44:14 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 17-May-2013 22:44:14 |
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| METAR |
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| PAOR | 180553Z 31017G28KT 10SM BKN095 BKN220 04/M02 A2931 RMK AO2 PK WND 31028/0553 SLP940 T00391017 10167 20039 53019
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| TAF |
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| PAOR | 180532Z 1806/1906 32015G22KT P6SM OVC100 FM181000 32012KT 6SM -SHRASN FEW020 BKN050 OVC080 FM181500 31012G18KT P6SM VCSH OVC050 FM182100 31015G20KT 5SM -SHSNRA SCT020 OVC040 FM190300 30010G15KT 6SM -SHSN FEW015 OVC040
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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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