FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 MARCH 2021
Location
FAA Identifier: | TAN |
Lat/Long: | 41-52-28.0826N 071-00-58.7394W 41-52.468043N 071-00.978990W 41.8744674,-71.0163165 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 41.5 ft. / 12.6 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 16W (1985) |
From city: | 3 miles E of TAUNTON, MA |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 02718 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | BOSTON CENTER |
FSS: | BRIDGEPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | TAN (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0800 - 1700 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT VASI RWY 30; MIRL RWY 12/30; LGTD WINDSOCK - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.7 |
WX ASOS: | 132.675 (508-824-5005) |
PROVIDENCE APPROACH: | 128.7 |
PROVIDENCE DEPARTURE: | 128.7 |
WX ASOS at EWB (12 nm S): | 126.85 (508-992-0195) |
WX ASOS at PYM (13 nm E): | 135.625 (508-746-8003) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY BOSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 124.85/307.9 (WOODSTOCK RCAG) WHEN PROVIDENCE APCH CTL CLSD.
- CLNC DLVY THRU BRIDGEPORT RADIO (BDR) 1-866-293-5149.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
PVDr078/20.6 | | PROVIDENCE VOR/DME | | 115.60 | | 14W |
BOSr198/29.0 | | BOSTON VOR/DME | | 112.70 | | 16W |
MVYr343/33.9 | | MARTHAS VINEYARD VOR/DME | | 114.50 | | 15W |
PUTr111/37.3 | | PUTNAM VOR/DME | | 117.40 | | 14W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
PROVINCETOWN | | 268/37.2 | | 389 | | 16W | | PVC | .--. ...- -.-. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 12/30
Dimensions: | 3500 x 75 ft. / 1067 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 12 | | RUNWAY 30 |
Latitude: | 41-52.448142N | | 41-52.273190N |
Longitude: | 071-01.189038W | | 071-00.454545W |
Elevation: | 35.0 ft. | | 41.3 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 124 magnetic, 108 true | | 304 magnetic, 288 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | | | 4-box VASI on left (3.60 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 23 ft. trees, 1000 ft. from runway, 135 ft. right of centerline, 34:1 slope to clear | | 40 ft. trees, 1000 ft. from runway, 125 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear |
Runway 4/22
Dimensions: | 1900 x 60 ft. / 579 x 18 m |
Surface: | turf/gravel, in fair condition SFC ROUGH & LOOSE STONES. |
| RUNWAY 4 | | RUNWAY 22 |
Latitude: | 41-52.525950N | | 41-52.805733N |
Longitude: | 071-01.362067W | | 071-01.175067W |
Elevation: | 27.0 ft. | | 27.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 043 magnetic, 027 true | | 223 magnetic, 207 true |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 60 ft. trees, 800 ft. from runway, 125 ft. both sides of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear | | 85 ft. trees, 1000 ft. from runway, 125 ft. left of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF TAUNTON CITY HALL, 15 SUMMER STREET TAUNTON, MA 02780 Phone 508-821-1000 |
Manager: | JAN BOBORUZIAN PO BOX 441 EAST TAUNTON, MA 02718 Phone 508-821-2973 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 80 | Single engine airplanes: | | 79 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 1 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 73/day * | 86% | local general aviation | 12% | transient general aviation | 1% | military | <1% | air taxi | * for 12-month period ending 18 September 2017 | |
Additional Remarks
- | AVOID FLYING OVR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT DER 30. |
- | HEL AVOID OVERFLIGHT OF DENSELY POPULATED AREAS W & S OF ARPT. |
- | CAUTION WILDLIFE, DEER & GEESE ON AND INVOF ARPT AND RWYS. |
- | FOR CD CTC PROVIDENCE APCH AT 401-738-8945, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC BOSTON ARTCC AT 603-879-6859. |
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 25 March 2021 at 0901Z to 22 April 2021 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 12 | |
download (262KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 30 | |
download (263KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (88KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (178KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
1B9 - Mansfield Municipal Airport (11 nm NW)
KEWB - New Bedford Regional Airport (12 nm S)
KPYM - Plymouth Municipal Airport (13 nm E)
KOWD - Norwood Memorial Airport (20 nm N)
KGHG - Marshfield Municipal Airport - George Harlow Field (20 nm NE)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 12-Jun-2006
as seen approaching from the west
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 18-Apr-2021
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:31 | | 09:31 |
Sunrise | | 06:00 | | 10:00 |
Sunset | | 19:27 | | 23:27 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:56 | | 23:56 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 18-Apr-2021 10:52:02 |
Local (UTC-4) | 18-Apr-2021 06:52:02 |
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METAR |
KTAN | 180952Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM OVC050 04/03 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP082 T00390028
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KEWB 12nm S | 180953Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 02/01 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP081 T00220011 $
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KPYM 13nm E | 180952Z AUTO 28005KT 10SM OVC055 06/03 A2976 RMK AO2 SLP079 T00560028
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KOWD 20nm N | 180953Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM OVC046 06/02 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP083 T00610017
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NOTAMs |
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