FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | PTN |
| Lat/Long: | 29-42-34.3670N / 091-20-20.3230W 29-42.572783N / 091-20.338717W 29.7095464 / -91.3389786 (estimated) |
| Elevation: | 9 ft. / 2.7 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 01E (2005) |
| From city: | 2 miles NW of PATTERSON, LA |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 70392 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 04/1940 |
| Sectional chart: | HOUSTON |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | HOUSTON CENTER |
| FSS: | DE RIDDER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | PTN (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | DAWN-DUSK |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN MIRL RY 06/24 & REIL RY 06 PRESET LOW INTST DUSK-DAWN; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT MALSR RY 24 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 134.575 (985-395-6735) |
| NEW ORLEANS APPROACH: | 124.3 |
| NEW ORLEANS DEPARTURE: | 124.3 |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
| TBDr274/26.7 | | TIBBY VORTAC | | 112.00 | | 02E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
| PATTERSON | | at field | | 245 | | 01E | | PTN | .--. - -. |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 6/24
| Dimensions: | 5399 x 150 ft. / 1646 x 46 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition 3 INCH LIP (DROPOFF) SOUTH SIDE OF RY. |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| Runway edge markings: | RY MARKINGS FADED. |
| RUNWAY 6 | | RUNWAY 24 |
| Latitude: | 29-42.420437N | | 29-42.877778N |
| Longitude: | 091-20.820530W | | 091-19.944982W |
| Elevation: | 6.7 ft. | | 8.4 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
| Runway heading: | 058 magnetic, 059 true | | 238 magnetic, 239 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 394 ft. | | no |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in poor condition | | precision, in poor condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | | | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | no |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | | | ILS/DME |
| Obstructions: | 44 ft. trees, 1100 ft. from runway, 200 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear APCH RATIO 29:1 TO DSPLCD THLD. | | none |
Runway 4W/22W
| Dimensions: | 4500 x 100 ft. / 1372 x 30 m |
| Surface: | water |
| RUNWAY 4W | | RUNWAY 22W |
| Latitude: | 29-42.265383N | | 29-42.695800N |
| Longitude: | 091-20.631817W | | 091-19.939717W |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
| Runway heading: | 054 magnetic, 055 true | | 234 magnetic, 235 true |
| Obstructions: | 20 ft. road, 600 ft. from runway, 30:1 slope to clear | | 28 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 125 ft. left of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 Phone 225-342-7954 |
| Manager: | MR. KEN PERRY P. O. BOX 85 PATTERSON, LA 70392 Phone 985-395-4501 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 23 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 10 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 1 | | Helicopters: | | 11 | | Ultralights: | | 1 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 277/day * | | 60% | local general aviation | | 40% | transient general aviation | | <1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 25 June 2009 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | FIRE HYDRANT LCTD NEAR RY 22W THLD. |
| - | 4500 FT BY 100 FT WATERWAY HDG 04/22 LCTD 1100 FT SOUTH OF CONC RY. DUAL LAND/SEA OPERATION. |
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 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
| ILS RWY 24 | |
download (259KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 06 | |
download (245KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 24 | |
download (232KB) |
| VOR/DME-A | |
download (224KB) |
| NDB RWY 06 | |
download (214KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (25KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
L83 - Thibodaux Municipal Airport (26 nm E)
KARA - Acadiana Regional Airport (35 nm NW)
L38 - Louisiana Regional Airport (35 nm NE)
KHUM - Houma-Terrebonne Airport (36 nm E)
0R3 - Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport (42 nm NW)
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| Aerial photo |
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Taken early August 2006
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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 03-Dec-2009
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
| Morning civil twilight | | 06:20 | | 12:20 |
| Sunrise | | 06:46 | | 12:46 |
| Sunset | | 17:05 | | 23:05 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:31 | | 23:31 |
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| Current date and time |
| Zulu (UTC) | 03-Dec-2009 14:49:03 |
| Local (UTC-6) | 03-Dec-2009 08:49:03 |
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| METAR |
| KPTN | 031435Z AUTO 36007KT 10SM FEW014 A3012 RMK AO1
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KP92 13nm SW | 031353Z AUTO 00000KT 07/06 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP190 P0003 T00720056 PWINO TSNO
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K7R3 13nm E | 031306Z 32010KT 10SM BKN014 OVC027 08/06 A3007
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| TAF |
KARA 34nm NW | 031329Z 0313/0412 36010KT P6SM OVC013 TEMPO 0313/0315 SCT015 FM031500 01010KT P6SM SCT030 FM040200 02008KT P6SM BKN050 BKN250
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| NOTAMs |
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