FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | WSM |
| Lat/Long: | 67-24-16.4640N / 150-07-21.8700W
67-24.274400N / 150-07.364500W
67.4045733 / -150.1227417
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 1180 ft. / 360 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 28E (1985) |
| From city: | 1 mile SW of WISEMAN, AK |
| Time zone: | UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 11/1949 |
| Sectional chart: | FAIRBANKS |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-474-0788] |
| NOTAMs facility: | FAI (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Airport Communications
Nearby radio navigation aids
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| CHANDALAR LAKE | | 239/38.5 | | 263 | | 22E | | CQR | -.-. --.- .-. |
Airport Services
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 2/20
| Dimensions: | 2000 x 30 ft. / 610 x 9 m |
| Surface: | gravel, in poor condition
RY SFC HAS ROCKS UP TO 2 IN; WITH GRASS UP TO 12 IN ON RY EDGES |
| Runway edge markings: | 02/20 MARKED WITH REFLECTIVE MARKERS & CONES. |
| RUNWAY 2 | | RUNWAY 20 |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
| Displaced threshold: | 500 ft. | | no |
| Markings: | none | | none |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| Obstructions: | 1000 ft. hill, 5000 ft. from runway, 500 ft. left of centerline, 5:1 slope to clear | | 25 ft. tree, 250 ft. from runway, 60 ft. right of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | STATE OF AK DOT/PF-N REG
2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-2200 |
| Manager: | DWIGHT STULLER
2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-2207 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: avg 22/month * | | 56% | transient general aviation | | 44% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2005 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | SKI PLANE OPNS ONLY IN WINTER; SNOW REMOVAL NOT AVBL. |
| - | RY NOT MAINTAINED & CONDITION NOT MONITORED, RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LANDING. |
| - | TREES TO 30' WITHIN 75' EACH SIDE OF RY CENTERLINE. |
| - | RECMD DOGLEG APPROACH RY 02 DUE TO HILL. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at WSM.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PACX - Coldfoot Airport (9 nm S)
PABT - Bettles Airport (44 nm SW)
PAKP - Anaktuvuk Pass Airport (57 nm NW)
PFAL - Allakaket Airport (78 nm SW)
PAWB - Beaver Airport (89 nm SE)
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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Times for 09-Nov-2009
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| Morning civil twilight | | 08:32 | | 17:32 |
| Sunrise | | 09:41 | | 18:41 |
| Sunset | | 15:48 | | 00:48 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 16:57 | | 01:57 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 09-Nov-2009 12:21:09 |
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| Local (UTC-9) | 09-Nov-2009 03:21:09 |
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| METAR |
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PALR
38nm E | 090550Z 00000KT 10SM FEW180 M29/M32 A2969 RMK IC 4/002 411281317
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PABT
44nm SW | 091153Z 33006KT 10SM FEW200 M26/M28 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP113 4/001 T12561278 11244 21261 58002
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PABT
44nm SW | 091133Z 0912/1012 34006KT P6SM SCT200 FM092000 34005KT P6SM BKN100 FM100800 33004KT 5SM -SN BR SCT020 OVC050
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