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KIGX Horace Williams Airport
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: IGX
Lat/Long: 35-56-06.0000N / 079-03-57.2700W
35-56.100000N / 079-03.954500W
35.9350000 / -79.0659083
(estimated)
Elevation: 512 ft. / 156.1 m (surveyed)
Variation: 08W (2000)
From city: 1 mile N of CHAPEL HILL, NC
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 27516

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 11/1937
Sectional chart: CHARLOTTE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: WASHINGTON CENTER
FSS: RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: IGX (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-2100
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27 AND REIL RYS 09 & 27 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
WX ASOS: 134.575 (919-942-2538)
RALEIGH APPROACH: 132.35
RALEIGH DEPARTURE: 132.35
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 126.5
WX ASOS at RDU (14 nm E): PHONE 919-840-0816

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
RDUr289/14.2RALEIGH/DURHAM VORTAC117.2004W
LIBr077/27.6LIBERTY VORTAC113.0003W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
PERSON188/17.922008WHUR .... ..- .-.
SILER CITY069/21.937107WTOX - --- -..-
HUNTSBORO232/30.827107WHXO .... -..- ---
HARNETT336/35.641708WHQT .... --.- -
JNALL307/39.825107WEUU . ..- ..-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 4005 x 75 ft. / 1221 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 35-56.053333N35-56.146667N
Longitude: 079-04.356167W079-03.552667W
Elevation: 511.8 ft.488.3 ft.
Gradient: 0.6%0.6%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 090 magnetic, 082 true270 magnetic, 262 true
Displaced threshold: no730 ft.
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 70 ft. trees, 1320 ft. from runway, 116 ft. right of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear
+45 FT TREES 0-200 FT FROM THR 240 L&R.		27 ft. trees, 231 ft. from runway, 230 ft. left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear
+70 FT TREES 0-200 FT FROM THR 235L.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: UNIVERSITY OF N CAROLINA
CB 1510, UNC-CH
CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-1510
Manager: PAUL BURKE
CB 1510, UNC-CH
CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-1510
Phone 919-962-1337
OR 919-962-1337

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 47
Single engine airplanes: 36
Multi engine airplanes: 11
    
Aircraft operations: avg 30/day *
76% local general aviation
19% transient general aviation
5% air taxi
1% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 July 2007

Additional Remarks

- ARPT CLSD TO ACFT 12500 LBS OR GREATER; GLIDERS; BALLOONS; MINIATURE ACFT; ULTRALIGHTS & PAJA ACTIVITY.
- NO PRACTICE APPROACHES/LNDGS WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION CALL 919-962-1337.
- DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.
- NO RECREATIONAL OR TRAINING FLIGHTS; 2100-0600; CLSD TO TRANSIENT ACFT OPNS 2100-0600 EXCEPT ACFT ON UNIVERSITY OR HOSPITAL BUSINESS; ALL OTHER TRANSIENT ACFT OPERATING 2100-0600 MUST HAVE 24 HR PPR CALL AMGR 919-962-1337.
- BE ALERT FOR ROUGH TURF AREAS MKD WITH TIRES PAINTED WHITE.
- ARPT CLSD TO PURE JET POWERED ACFT; EXCEPT FOR UNIVERSITY USERS TRANSPORTING PERSONS ON OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BUSINESS.
- RY 09 HAS A 60 FT DROPOFF 200 FT FROM THLD L & R OF CNTRLN IN RY SAFETY AREA.
- RY 27 HAS 200 FT OVRN.

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 04 June 2009 at 0901Z and 02 July 2009 at 0900Z.
 
STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals
BUZZY SIX   download (179KB)
SOUTH BOSTON FOUR   download (344KB)
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 09   download (212KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 27   download (170KB)
VOR/DME RWY 27   download (221KB)
 
Departure Procedures
BLUE DEVIL FOUR   download (240KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KRDU - Raleigh-Durham International Airport (14 nm E)
KBUY - Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport (21 nm W)
KTTA - Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport (21 nm S)
KTDF - Person County Airport (21 nm N)
5W8 - Siler City Municipal Airport (25 nm SW)
  
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From to KIGX

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 05-Jul-2009
 Local
(UTC-4)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:3609:36
Sunrise06:0610:06
Sunset20:3500:35
Evening civil twilight21:0501:05

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Jul-2009 08:13:07
Local (UTC-4)  05-Jul-2009 04:13:07
 
METAR
KIGX 050756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW120 21/16 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02110161
KRDU 
14nm E 		050751Z 00000KT 10SM BKN070 BKN250 23/15 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02330150
TAF
KRDU 
14nm E 		050542Z 0506/0606 20004KT P6SM BKN130 FM051700 22007KT P6SM BKN050 OVC120 TEMPO 0517/0521 2SM SHRA OVC020CB FM052100 22007KT 6SM -SHRA OVC050CB FM060200 01005KT P6SM OVC050
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Horace Williams Airport 919-962-1337
 no information available

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FS 
 100LL 
$4.01 
Jet A 
$4.49 
 Updated 08-Jun-2009
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FS=Full service
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 The hotels featured here are reported to be very convenient to the Horace Williams Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Horace Williams Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.
 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Distance Comments
Chapel Hill Bed and Breakfast 919-967-3745
[web site]
[email]
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AirNav users who flew into KIGX have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT CHAPEL HILL 2.7 169-170
RED ROOF INN CHAPEL HILL 4.1 39-60
THE SIENA HOTEL 1.8 143-259
HAMPTON INN CHAPEL HILL 2.4 87-115
HAMPTON INN & SUITES CHAPEL HILL/DURHAM 4.9 129-165
 

Other hotels near Horace Williams Airport

Miles Price ($)
THE FRANKLIN HOTEL 1.7 198-715
CAROLINA INN 1.8 139-294
HOLIDAY INN CHAPEL HILL 2.4 
SHERATON CHAPEL HILL HOTEL 2.7 99-159
DAYS INN CHAPEL HILL 3.3 76-149
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT CHAPEL HILL 3.9 169-179
STAYBRIDGE SUITES DURHAM/CHAPEL HILL 4.1 
HOMEWOOD SUITES BY HILTON CHAPEL HILL - DURHAM 4.1 99-109
COMFORT INN UNIVERSITY 4.1 78-120
HOLIDAY INN EXP CHAPEL HILL 4.9 
LA QUINTA INN AND SUITES DURHAM CHAPEL HILL 5.7 74-89
GOVERNORS CLUB COTTAGES 5.8 148-149
MARRIOTT EXECUSTAY ALEXAN PLACE 5.9 
HOMESTEAD DURHAM-UNIVERSITY 5.9 67-107

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 Horace Williams Airport

12 in Chapel Hill
53 in Durham
16 in Morrisville
2 in Mebane
18 in Cary
1 in Haw River
 

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