FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | ORT |
| Lat/Long: | 62-57-40.2243N / 141-55-41.0807W
62-57.670405N / 141-55.684678W
62.9611734 / -141.9280780
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 1715 ft. / 522.7 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 24E (2005) |
| Time zone: | UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 99764 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 07/1947 |
| Sectional chart: | ANCHORAGE |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | NORTHWAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (on field) [907-778-2219] |
| Alternate FSS: | FAI FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-248-6516] |
| NOTAMs facility: | ORT (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | CONTINUOUS |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes
SEGMENTED CIRCLE OVERGROWN AND DAMAGED. |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 05/23 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
| International operations: | customs landing rights airport |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 123.6 |
| WX ASOS: | 135.4 (907-778-2282) |
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQS 126.55/323.0 (NORTHWAY RCAG).
- CONTRACT WX OBS IS AVBL WHEN ORT FSS CLOSED ON 133.55 OR PHONE 907-778-2240.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| ORT at field | | NORTHWAY VORTAC | | 116.30 | | 24E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| NABESNA | | 232/1.1 | | 390 | | 24E | | AES | .- . ... |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A
FUEL AVBL MON-SUN 0700 & 0000 HRS DAILY. AFT HRS 907-778-2266/2277. |
| Parking: | hangars |
| Airframe service: | MINOR |
| Powerplant service: | MINOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
| Dimensions: | 5100 x 100 ft. / 1554 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 62-57.569850N | | 62-57.770462N |
| Longitude: | 141-56.576745W | | 141-54.792612W |
| Elevation: | 1714.5 ft. | | 1713.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.5% | | 0.5% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 052 magnetic, 076 true | | 232 magnetic, 256 true |
| Markings: | none, in good condition | | , in good condition |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 36 ft. trees, 900 ft. from runway, 25:1 slope to clear | | none |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | STATE OF ALASKA DOTPF/N. RGN
2301 PEGER RD.
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-2200 |
| Manager: | JIM FEHRENBACHER
BOX 356
TOK, AK 99780
Phone 907-883-5128 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: avg 43/day * | | 51% | transient general aviation | | 25% | air taxi | | 22% | local general aviation | | 2% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2005 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | SNOW REMOVAL OPERATIONS DURING WINTER--MONITOR CTAF. |
| - | NORTHWAY POINT ARPT WX CAMERA AND KNOB RIDGE WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AKWEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV |
| - | FLOATPLANE CUSTOMS SVC AVBL AT YARGER LAKE - 8NM EAST. FUEL AVBL AT YARGER LAKE 1HR PPR, (907) 778-2266. |
| - | FREQUENT STRONG & VARIABLE CROSSWIND; LLWS & TURBC RY 23. |
| - | CUSTOMS MAY NOT BE AVBL AT THE ARPT ON ARRIVAL; PHONE 774-2252 FOR AGENT. |
| - | SKI STRIP PARALLEL AND ADJACENT TO APCH END RY 23 NW SIDE. |
| - | SUAIS - 125.3(1-800-758-8723). |
| - | RY CONDITION NOT MONITORED; RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LANDING. |
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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 05 | |
download (237KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 23 | |
download (200KB) |
| VOR/DME-A | |
download (228KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (38KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PFTO - Tok Junction Airport (36 nm NW)
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| Aerial photo |
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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 09-Nov-2009
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(UTC-9) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:36 | | 16:36 |
| Sunrise | | 08:30 | | 17:30 |
| Sunset | | 15:53 | | 00:53 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 16:47 | | 01:47 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 10-Nov-2009 02:39:06 |
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| Local (UTC-9) | 09-Nov-2009 17:39:06 |
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| METAR |
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| PAOR | 100153Z 00000KT 10SM FEW020 BKN085 BKN140 M16/M19 A2959 RMK AO2 SLP083 T11611194
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| TAF |
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| PAOR | 092328Z 1000/1024 VRB03KT P6SM FEW020 SCT100 BKN140 FM100500 VRB02KT P6SM BKN025 FM101800 31008G18KT 3SM -SN BR OVC010
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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