FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 NOVEMBER 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | PBF |
| Lat/Long: | 34-10-28.2470N / 091-56-08.1752W
34-10.470783N / 091-56.136253W
34.1745131 / -91.9356042
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 206 ft. / 62.8 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 02E (2005) |
| From city: | 4 miles SE of PINE BLUFF, AR |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Savings Time) |
| Zip code: | 71601 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 06/1941 |
| Sectional chart: | MEMPHIS |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | MEMPHIS CENTER |
| FSS: | JONESBORO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | PBF (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-FRI 0700-1900, ALL SAT-SUN 0800-1900
FOR ARPT ATTENDANT AFT HRS CALL 870-540-9439. |
| Pattern altitude: | 1200 ft. MSL |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36 AND MALSR RY 18 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.0 |
| WX ASOS: | 120.775 (870-536-0228) |
| LITTLE ROCK APPROACH: | 119.85 |
| LITTLE ROCK DEPARTURE: | 119.85 |
| CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 119.85(501-379-2908) |
- DURG TWR CLOSURE AND HRS FSS OPERNL AAS PRVDD ON FREQ 118.4. WHEN FSS CLSD BROADCAST POSITION / INTENTIONS ON FREQ 118.4.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| PBFr182/4.4 | | PINE BLUFF VOR/DME | | 116.00 | | 04E |
| LITr153/32.5 | | LITTLE ROCK VORTAC | | 113.90 | | 05E |
| MONr339/38.3 | | MONTICELLO VOR/DME | | 111.60 | | 04E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| STUTTGART | | 208/34.0 | | 269 | | 02E | | SGT | ... --. - |
| WARREN | | 008/38.5 | | 226 | | 04E | | REN | .-. . -. |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A
SELF SERVICE FUEL AVBL 24 HRS WITH CREDIT CARD |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
| Dimensions: | 5998 x 150 ft. / 1828 x 46 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 40.0 | | Double wheel: | 56.0 | | Double tandem: | 90.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Latitude: | 34-10.965252N | | 34-09.976313N |
| Longitude: | 091-56.138268W | | 091-56.134238W |
| Elevation: | 203.2 ft. | | 198.7 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.1% | | 0.1% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 178 magnetic, 180 true | | 358 magnetic, 360 true |
| Markings: | precision, in good condition | | precision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights | | |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | ILS | | |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF PINE BLUFF
200 E. 8TH ST.
PINE BLUFF, AR 71601
Phone 870-543-1855 |
| Manager: | DOUG HALE
PO BOX 7625
PINE BLUFF, AR 71601
Phone 870-534-4131 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 47 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 39 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 5 | | Ultralights: | | 3 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 109/day * | | 56% | transient general aviation | | 38% | local general aviation | | 5% | military | | 2% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 30 April 2006 | |
Additional Remarks
| A58-36 | TWO +3 FT POSTS 180 FT FM RY END 180 FT R. |
| - | ARFF NORMALLY AVBL WHEN ARPT ATTENDED. |
| - | ARPT CLSD TO ACR WITH 30 OR MORE PASSENGERS. |
| - | MIGRATORY BIRDS INVOF AER 36. |
| - | NUMEROUS AGRICULTURAL OPNS ON & INVOF ARPT YEAR ROUND. |
| - | RY 18/36 MARKINGS NSTD. |
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 20 November 2008 at 0901Z and 18 December 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 18 | |
download (276KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (248KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (207KB) |
| VOR/DME RWY 36 | |
download (208KB) |
| VOR RWY 18 | |
download (235KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
0M0 - Billy Free Municipal Airport (26 nm SE)
M73 - Almyra Municipal Airport (27 nm NE)
KSGT - Stuttgart Municipal Airport (31 nm NE)
KLLQ - Monticello Municipal Airport/Ellis Field (33 nm S)
KLIT - Adams Field Airport (36 nm NW)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Matthew Nichols
Photo taken 05-May-2008
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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 22-Nov-2008
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:22 | | 12:22 |
| Sunrise | | 06:49 | | 12:49 |
| Sunset | | 16:59 | | 22:59 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:26 | | 23:26 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 22-Nov-2008 20:10:34 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 22-Nov-2008 14:10:34 |
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| METAR |
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| KPBF | 221953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC060 05/M06 A3045 RMK AO2 SLP311 T00501056
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| TAF |
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| KPBF | 221734Z 2218/2318 16008KT P6SM OVC070 FM230200 15005KT P6SM BKN070 FM231000 16003KT P6SM SCT020 SCT070 BKN250 TEMPO 2310/2314 BKN035 FM231400 15007KT P6SM BKN035 OVC100
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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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