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73F Wings For Christ International Flight Academy Airport
Waco, Texas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 18 APRIL 2024

Location

FAA Identifier: 73F
Lat/Long: 31-37-25.5950N 097-01-20.9910W
31-37.426583N 097-01.349850W
31.6237764,-97.0224975
(estimated)
Elevation: 455 ft. / 139 m (estimated)
Variation: 07E (1985)
From city: 8 miles NE of WACO, TX
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 76705

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 02/1965
Control tower: no
ARTCC: FORT WORTH CENTER
FSS: FORT WORTH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: FTW (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: ACTVT LIRL RY 16/34 - CTAF.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3PT at CNW (2.8 nm W): 134.225 (254-867-3880)
WX ASOS at ACT (11 nm W): PHONE 254-759-3065
WX AWOS-3PT at PWG (17 nm SW): 135.525 (254-848-4581)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ACTr091/12.8WACO VORTAC115.3009E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ROBINSON015/7.640003EROB .-. --- -...

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Powerplant service: MINOR

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions: 3000 x 80 ft. / 914 x 24 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge lights: non-standard
RUNWAY 16  RUNWAY 34
Traffic pattern: leftright
Displaced threshold: 315 ft.no
Obstructions: 6 ft. fence, 73 ft. right of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE 0:1 TO DSPLCD THR; 25:1 OVR 25 FT ROAD, 640 FT FM DSPLCD THR.
50 ft. trees, 70 ft. from runway, 1:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: WINGS FOR CHRIST INTL FLIGHT
246 S. LEAGURE RANGE RD
WACO, TX 76705
Phone 254-799-0727
ACADEMY.
Manager: JOEL NEW
371 W. OLD AXTELL RD
WACO, TX 76705
Phone 254-723-3277

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 10
Single engine airplanes: 10
    
Aircraft operations: avg 77/week *
75% local general aviation
25% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 28 September 2022

Additional Remarks

+4 FT FENCE ALONG BOTH SIDES OF RWY 70 FT FM CNTRLN SOUTH HALF OF RWY.
RWY 34 40 FT TREES 90 FT FM THR.
ARPT INSIDE CLASS D AIRSPACE. CTC TSTC TWR 124.0.
FOR CD CTC FORT WORTH ARTCC AT 817-858-7584.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 73F.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KCNW - TSTC Waco Airport (3 nm W)
KACT - Waco Regional Airport (11 nm W)
KPWG - Mc Gregor Executive Airport (17 nm SW)
T15 - Marlin Airport (19 nm SE)
KLXY - Mexia-Limestone County Airport (26 nm E)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 18-Apr-2024
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3111:31
Sunrise06:5611:56
Sunset19:5800:58
Evening civil twilight20:2401:24

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-Apr-2024 14:33:00
Local (UTC-5)  18-Apr-2024 09:33:00
 
METAR
KCNW 
2nm W 
181355Z 16008KT 4SM BR OVC010 23/21 A2993
KACT 
11nm W 
181351Z 18010KT 10SM OVC011 23/21 A2992 RMK AO2 CIG 009V014 SLP125 T02280211
KPWG 
18nm SW 
181356Z AUTO 17007KT 6SM BR OVC009 23/22 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02280217
TAF
KACT 
11nm W 
181120Z 1812/1912 17011KT P6SM BKN020 FM181800 18010KT P6SM BKN050 FM182300 02010KT P6SM VCTS BKN050CB FM190300 36010KT P6SM BKN100
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