AirNav: KFOZ - Bigfork Municipal Airport

KFOZ

Bigfork Municipal Airport
Bigfork, Minnesota, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 MARCH 2023

Location

FAA Identifier:	FOZ
Lat/Long:	47-47-02.1625N 093-39-03.5773W 47-47.036042N 093-39.059622W 47.7839340,-93.6509937 (estimated)
Elevation:	1351 ft. / 411.8 m (surveyed)
Variation:	02E (1995)
From city:	2 miles N of BIGFORK, MN
Time zone:	UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	56628

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	09/1949
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS:	PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility:	FOZ (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	lighted
Segmented circle:	no
Lights:	ACTVT OR INCR INTST MIRL RWY 15/33 - CTAF. MIRL RWY 15/33 PRESET LOW INTST SS-SR.
Beacon:	white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.9
WX AWOS-3PT:	118.025 (218-743-3289)

APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 127.9/281.45(DULUTH RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
GPZr344/37.8		GRAND RAPIDS VOR/DME		111.40		06E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
BIGFORK		at field		345		02E		FOZ	..-. --- --..

Airport Services

Parking:	tiedowns
Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE
Bottled oxygen:	NONE
Bulk oxygen:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions:	3998 x 75 ft. / 1219 x 23 m
Surface:	asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights:	medium intensity
	RUNWAY 15	RUNWAY 33
Latitude:	47-47.322692N	47-46.749262N
Longitude:	093-39.298348W	093-38.820808W
Elevation:	1350.9 ft.	1345.9 ft.
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Runway heading:	149 magnetic, 151 true	329 magnetic, 331 true
Markings:	nonprecision, in good condition	nonprecision, in good condition
Touchdown point:	yes, no lights	yes, no lights
Obstructions:	24 ft. trees, 251 ft. from runway, 227 ft. left of centerline, 2:1 slope to clear	none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	CITY OF BIGFORK PO BOX 196 BIGFORK, MN 56628-0196 Phone 218-743-3782
Manager:	AMY PIFHER PO BOX 196 BIGFORK, MN 56628-0196 Phone 218-360-4116

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field:		3
Single engine airplanes:		3

Aircraft operations: avg 59/week *
68%	local general aviation
32%	transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 August 2017

Additional Remarks

-	350 FT TWR 2 NM SOUTH OF ARPT.
-	DEER & WATERFOWL ON & INVOF ARPT.
-	FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.

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 from 23 March 2023 at 0901Z to 20 April 2023 at 0900Z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 15		download (191KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 33		download (191KB)
NDB RWY 15		download (184KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply		download (187KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (317KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KORB - Orr Regional Airport (35 nm NE)
KGPZ - Grand Rapids/Itasca County Airport-Gordon Newstrom Field (35 nm S)
KCQM - Cook Municipal Airport (39 nm E)
KHIB - Range Regional Airport (41 nm SE)
KINL - Falls International Airport-Einarson Field (48 nm N)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 01-Apr-2023

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:23	11:23
Sunrise	06:54	11:54
Sunset	19:43	00:43
Evening civil twilight	20:14	01:14

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	01-Apr-2023 10:27:55
Local (UTC-5)	01-Apr-2023 05:27:55

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