FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 OCTOBER 2024
Location
FAA Identifier: | AK28 |
Lat/Long: | 64-48-50.5000N 147-55-06.8000W 64-48.841667N 147-55.113333W 64.8140278,-147.9185556 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 427 ft. / 130 m (estimated) |
Variation: | 27E (1990) |
From city: | 5 miles SW of FAIRBANKS, AK |
Time zone: | UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 99709 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Private use. Permission required prior to landing |
Activation date: | 12/1991 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
FSS: | FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-474-0788] |
Attendance: | UNATTND |
Wind indicator: | yes |
Segmented circle: | no |
Airport Communications
CTAF: | 118.3 |
WX ASOS at FAI (1.6 nm E): | 124.4 (907-474-8036) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
FAIr050/2.5 | | FAIRBANKS VORTAC | | 108.60 | | 21E |
ENNr045/32.5 | | NENANA VORTAC | | 115.80 | | 21E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
CHENA | | 245/10.9 | | 257 | | 17E | | CUN | -.-. ..- -. |
ICE POOL | | 044/33.8 | | 525 | | 18E | | ICW | .. -.-. .-- |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL 100LL:24 HR. CREDIT CARD PUMP MIDFIELD ON RUNWAY |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: | 4700 x 60 ft. / 1433 x 18 m |
Surface: | gravel, in good condition |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Runway 18W/36W
Dimensions: | 4000 x 200 ft. / 1219 x 61 m |
Surface: | water |
| RUNWAY 18W | | RUNWAY 36W |
Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Privately-owned |
Owner: | CHENA MARINA FLOATPOND & RWY ASSOC P O BOX 83658 FAIRBANKS, AK 99708 Phone 907-479-2141 |
Manager: | DONALD D KIRK P.O. BOX 80702 FAIRBANKS, AK 99708 Phone 907-479-2141 |
Additional Remarks
- | TRANSIENTS NEED TO CTC ONE OF THE NUMEROUS FBO'S OR PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ARRANGEMENTS BEFORE PARKING. |
- | FLOATPOND FOR USE BY MEMBERS ONLY. FLOAT POND IS UNATTENDED, ALL LANDINGS AT YOUR OWN RISK. |
- | NUMEROUS AIR TAXI OPERATIONS AND AT TIMES HEAVY TFC ON FLOATPOND. |
- | NO DESIGNATED TRANSIENT TIEDOWN AREA, ALL PROPERTY BORDERING FLOATPOND IS PRIVATELY OWNED. TRANSIENTS NEED TO CTC ONE OF THE NUMEROUS FBO'S OR PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ARRANGEMENTS BEFORE TIEDOWN/MOORING. |
- | SUAIS - 125.3/126.3(1-800-758-8723). |
- | USE AT OWN RISK. CHENA MARINA IS IN FAI CLASS D AIRSPACE, ALL ARRIVING/DEPARTING ACFT MUST CTC FAI TOWER (118 .3) PRIOR TO OPERATING IN THEIR AIRSPACE. |
- | TFC PATTERN IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF RWYS, WITH CHENA RIDGE BEING THE WESTSIDE BOUNDARY. TPA IS 1000 FT MSL, AND IN NO CASE TO BE ABOVE 1200 FT MSL, TO ALLOW FOR SEPARATION WITH OTHER FAI TFC. |
- | RWY CLOSELY BORDERED BY TREES, ACFT, AND FLOATPOND. OCCASIONAL VEHICLES, PEOPLE, AND DOGS ON RWY. |
- | AIR TAXI OPERATIONS AND AT TIMES HEAVY TFC ON FIELD. BE AWARE ALL TFC MAY NOT BE IN SAME DIRECTION AS FAI. |
- | HARD PACKED SNOW MAINTAINED ON RWY DURING WINTER MONTHS. WHEELED ACFT ADVISED TO CALL A LOCAL, ON SITE FBO, FOR CONDITIONS. |
- | FLIGHT TRAINING WITH MULTIPLE TKOFS AND LANDINGS NOT ALLOWED. NO STUDENT PILOT SOLO FLIGHTS ALLOWED. |
- | PLEASE CONSIDER OTHER ACFT WHEN DOING RUN-UPS, AS SUMMER MONTHS VERY DUSTY. NO DESIGNATED TRANSIENT PARKING AREA, ALL PROPERTY BORDERING RUNWAY IS PRIVATELY OWNED. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at AK28.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PAFA - Fairbanks International Airport (2 nm E)
PAFB - Ladd Army Airfield (8 nm E)
PAEI - Eielson Air Force Base (23 nm SE)
PANN - Nenana Municipal Airport (34 nm SW)
PAHV - Healy River Airport (63 nm SW)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Paul Reinders
Photo taken 02-Jun-2007
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 10-Nov-2024
| | Local (UTC-9) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 08:15 | | 17:15 |
Sunrise | | 09:15 | | 18:15 |
Sunset | | 15:57 | | 00:57 |
Evening civil twilight | | 16:57 | | 01:57 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 10-Nov-2024 19:21:02 |
Local (UTC-9) | 10-Nov-2024 10:21:02 |
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METAR |
PAFA | 101853Z 00000KT 10SM FEW040 FEW170 M19/M22 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP048 T11891222 $
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PAFB 8nm E | 101855Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR M19/M22 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP055 T11931219 $
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TAF |
PAFA | 101720Z 1018/1124 VRB04KT P6SM SKC FM111200 VRB02KT P6SM BKN035 OVC050
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