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KRUQ Rowan County Airport
Salisbury, North Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 NOVEMBER 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: RUQ
Lat/Long: 35-38-45.1900N / 080-31-13.0600W
35-38.753167N / 080-31.217667W
35.6458861 / -80.5202944
(estimated)
Elevation: 773 ft. / 235.6 m (surveyed)
Variation: 06W (1985)
From city: 3 miles SW of SALISBURY, NC
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Savings Time)
Zip code: 28147

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1938
Sectional chart: CHARLOTTE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: RUQ (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-2000
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 02/20 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT REIL RYS 02 & 20; PAPI RYS 02 & 20 & MALSR RY 20 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 118.175 (704-637-6197)
CHARLOTTE APPROACH: 128.32
CHARLOTTE DEPARTURE: 128.32
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 127.35
WX AWOS-3 at EXX (13 nm NE): 119.825 (336-956-2967)
WX AWOS-3 at JQF (18 nm SW): 133.675 (704-785-2145)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
CLTr043/34.5CHARLOTTE VOR/DME115.0005W
GSOr231/35.7GREENSBORO VORTAC116.2003W
BZMr117/37.5BARRETTS MOUNTAIN VOR/DME110.8006W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ROVDY202/5.427506WRU .-. ..-
DAVIE197/16.435406WDVZ -.. ...- --..
LINCOLNTON083/28.443206WIZN .. --.. -.
CITY LAKE270/32.226608WCQJ -.-. --.- .---
WILKI141/39.720906WUKF ..- -.- ..-.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A1+
24 SELF SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR 100LL WITH CREDIT CARD.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: LOW
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 2/20

Dimensions: 5500 x 100 ft. / 1676 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 16.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: MARKINGS FADED
RUNWAY 2  RUNWAY 20
Latitude: 35-38.317333N35-39.188883N
Longitude: 080-31.370500W080-31.064500W
Elevation: 769.5 ft.766.7 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 022 magnetic, 016 true202 magnetic, 196 true
Markings: precision, in poor conditionprecision, 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: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: ILS
Obstructions: 47 ft. trees, 919 ft. from runway, 288 ft. left of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear
8 FT TREES 0-200 FT FROM THLD 400 FT LEFT OF CNTRLN.
none
19 FT TREES 33 FT FROM THLD 442 FT LEFT OF CNTRLN.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: ROWAN COUNTY
130 W. INNES ST
SALISBURY, NC 28144
Phone 704-216-8100
Manager: GREGORY BOVE
3670 AIRPORT LOOP
SALISBURY, NC 28147-8921
Phone 704-216-7749

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 87
Single engine airplanes: 62
Multi engine airplanes: 11
Jet airplanes: 2
Helicopters: 2
Military aircraft: 10
    
Aircraft operations: avg 118/day *
51% transient general aviation
37% local general aviation
9% military
2% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 27 June 2008

Additional Remarks

ADDNL OBSTNS FOR RY 02; 20' BLDG 1100' FM THR 100' R OF CNTRLN.
LIGHTED PARK, RAMP CLSD TO ALL TRFC EXC MIL ACFT WITH PPR. OPERATIONAL 0900-1730.
24 HR SVC BY REQUEST.
TRANSIT MILITARY FUEL

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.

 
STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals
NASCR ONE   2 pages: [1] [2] (368KB)
SHINE FIVE   download (323KB)
UNARM ONE   download (304KB)
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS RWY 20   download (259KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 02   download (218KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 20   download (229KB)
NDB RWY 20   download (232KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KEXX - Davidson County Airport (13 nm NE)
8A7 - Twin Lakes Airport (16 nm N)
KJQF - Concord Regional Airport (18 nm SW)
14A - Lake Norman Airpark (19 nm W)
KSVH - Statesville Regional Airport (22 nm W)
 
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From to KRUQ

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 01-Dec-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4711:47
Sunrise07:1512:15
Sunset17:0822:08
Evening civil twilight17:3622:36

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  01-Dec-2008 23:31:09
Local (UTC-5)  01-Dec-2008 18:31:09
 
METAR
KRUQ 012305Z AUTO 22009G18KT 10SM SCT080 06/M03 A2990 RMK AO2
KEXX 
14nm NE 
012320Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 04/M04 A2991 RMK AO2
KJQF 
18nm SW 
012255Z 23013G19KT 10SM CLR 06/M02 A2991
TAF
KINT 
33nm NE 
011742Z 0118/0218 22016G26KT P6SM BKN035 FM012100 23012G18KT P6SM BKN045 FM020000 24006KT P6SM SCT040
KCLT 
33nm SW 
011730Z 0118/0218 23015G25KT P6SM BKN035 FM012300 22010KT P6SM SCT040 FM021500 25006KT P6SM SKC
KGSO 
39nm NE 
011742Z 0118/0218 22017G27KT P6SM BKN035 FM012100 23012G18KT P6SM BKN045 FM020000 24006KT P6SM SCT040
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
 Rowan County (FBO)
UNICOM 122.80
704-216-7749
[email]
Runway 5500' X 100' ILS/NDB/Full Length Taxiway. 18 Miles North of Lowes Motor Speedway. Low fuel prices with discount for volume purchases. Maintenance and Avionics installation and repair on-site. Corporate hangar available. GA hangar rentals and Tie-down. Flight School. Office Space Available. Pilot's Lounge. Rental Cars
 
U.S. Government Fuel   DTN Meteorlogix   Courtesy car   Enterprise Rent-A-Car   BE A PILOT!   FAA Authorized Chart Agent   Wireless Internet Access   National Business Aviation Association  
 
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FS 
SS 
100LL 
$4.30 
$3.89 
Jet A 
$4.50 
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Rowan County Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Rowan County Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Rowan County Airport

Miles Price ($)
QUALITY INN 2.0 99-129
HAMPTON INN SALISBURY 2.0 98-109
HOLIDAY INN SALISBURY CONF CTR 2.1 
TRAVELODGE SALISBURY 2.3 45-71
SUPER 8 SALISBURY NC 3.0 54-95
DAYS INN SALISBURY 3.4 64-76
COMFORT SUITES SALISBURY 3.5 103-150

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Rowan County Airport

1 in South Salisbury
6 in Salisbury
4 in Kannapolis
12 in Concord
10 in Mooresville
4 in Lexington
 

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