FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | SPW |
| Lat/Long: | 43-09-55.9000N / 095-12-10.1000W
43-09.931667N / 095-12.168333W
43.1655278 / -95.2028056
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 1339 ft. / 408.1 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 05E (1985) |
| From city: | 3 miles NW of SPENCER, IA |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 51301 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 03/1942 |
| Sectional chart: | OMAHA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
| FSS: | FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | SPW (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | SAT-SUN 0800-1700, ALL MON-FRI 0700-1900
FOR ATTENDANT AFTER HOURS CALL (712) 262-1002. |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | no |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RYS 12/30 & 18/36; MALSR RY 12; VASI RYS 12 & 30; PAPI RYS 18 & 36; REIL RYS 30; 18 & 36 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.0 |
| WX ASOS: | 126.625 (712-262-8885) |
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 127.75/257.7 (FAIRMONT RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| SPW at field | | SPENCER VOR/DME | | 110.00 | | 05E |
| ESTr227/(24.8) | | ESTHERVILLE VOR | | 110.40 | | 07E |
| DDLr091/27.7 | | SHELDON VOR/DME | | 108.60 | | 05E |
| OTGr142/33.3 | | WORTHINGTON VOR/DME | | 110.60 | | 08E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Runway Information
Runway 12/30
| Dimensions: | 6000 x 100 ft. / 1829 x 30 m |
| Surface: | concrete, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 30.0 | | Double wheel: | 30.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 12 | | RUNWAY 30 |
| Latitude: | 43-10.243333N | | 43-09.659267N |
| Longitude: | 095-12.730000W | | 095-11.641367W |
| Elevation: | 1338.0 ft. | | 1333.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.1% | | 0.1% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 121 magnetic, 126 true | | 301 magnetic, 306 true |
| Displaced threshold: | no | | 500 ft. |
| Markings: | precision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-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 | | |
| Runway end identifier lights: | | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | ILS | | |
| Obstructions: | none | | 15 ft. road, 750 ft. from runway, 36:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE 50:1 FROM DSPLCD THR. |
Runway 18/36
| Dimensions: | 5100 x 75 ft. / 1554 x 23 m |
| Surface: | concrete, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 30.0 | | Double wheel: | 30.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Latitude: | 43-10.326667N | | 43-09.490417N |
| Longitude: | 095-12.093333W | | 095-12.204367W |
| Elevation: | 1334.7 ft. | | 1337.0 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 181 magnetic, 186 true | | 001 magnetic, 006 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair 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: | yes | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | none | | 18 ft. road, 560 ft. from runway, 20:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF SPENCER
418 2ND AVE WEST
SPENCER, IA 51301
Phone 712-580-7200 |
| Manager: | GAYLE BRANDT
1957 330TH STREET
SPENCER, IA 51301
Phone 712-262-1000 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 32 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 25 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 5 | | Ultralights: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 42/day * | | 44% | transient general aviation | | 31% | local general aviation | | 24% | air taxi | | 1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 16 August 2007 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | ULTRALIGHT ACTVTY ON & INVOF ARPT. |
| - | WATERFOWL INVOF ARPT. |
| - | RY 12 IS CALM WIND RY. |
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 25 September 2008 at 0901Z and 23 October 2008 at 0900Z.
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
4D8 - Fuller Airport (10 nm N)
KEGQ - Emmetsburg Municipal Airport (22 nm E)
KEST - Estherville Municipal Airport (25 nm NE)
KISB - Sibley Municipal Airport (27 nm NW)
KSHL - Sheldon Municipal Airport (28 nm W)
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| Sectional chart |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 13-Oct-2008
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:06 | | 12:06 |
| Sunrise | | 07:34 | | 12:34 |
| Sunset | | 18:39 | | 23:39 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 19:08 | | 00:08 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 14-Oct-2008 04:43:30 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 13-Oct-2008 23:43:30 |
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| METAR |
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| KSPW | 140353Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 03/01 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP262 T00280006 $
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| NOTAMs |
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